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 also tell that you still love her,” Evelyn said. No accusation in it. Just a statement, delivered plainly, like something she had already made her peace with before picking up the phone. “So do tell me the truth. Are you with her
