“You are the last person that I expected to show up here, Dr. Aldrich.”

“Because?” He implored, fixing his gaze on me.

I tense a little but try not to show it. “Because of so many reasons. Every single one of them is there in the world, actually.”

He frowns. “And I looked for all the reasons in the world to come see you.”

That got me super curious. “Really? Like what?” I raised an eyebrow, anxiously waiting.

He opened his mouth but closed it immediately. Like what he wanted ...