Norman

“Don’t be too surprised, Norman.”

Her voice was calm. Almost amused. The kind of calm that took effort to produce, and she was producing it very well.

“When I left the event last night, I came back to check on you,” she continued. “I couldn’t find you anywhere inside, so I went to the parking structure.” A pause. “That was when I saw you. In your car. With her. Your ex wife.”

The room was very quiet.

I didn’t look at Daisy. I couldn’t. I stared at a fixed point on the wall and kept my face as still as I could manage and said absolutely nothing.

“I can...