I heard a startled male voice in the direction of the closest door. Mary said that the lawyer had told her that he had to tend to the needs of another client unexpectedly. I looked up into that face, met the turquoise flame of his eyes, but it wasn't me that was pulled into his gaze. He was behind me, not too close, but close enough that if I'd done something stupid, I wondered if he'd planned on interfering.
You get it off the same way you get it on. Gone as if a door had slammed shut between us. Only Anita can order me to leave, Nathaniel said. It's enough to file assault charges.
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