I hadn't expected this.

Aside from looking exactly the same, these two couldn't have been more different.

"I see," I replied calmly.

"I haven't been in touch with him for years," Steve said, referring to Edmund. "We're just too different. He's the kind of guy who'd do anything for money—no shame, no limits."

What interested me more was their last name. But that felt too personal to ask, so I just followed his lead.

"And you?" ...