Then again, maybe not so surprising, but their intense conflict reached the point, as I watched, that she actually looked like she was going to hit him. But not before she looked up and caught me watching, likely with my mouth hanging open.

The two went their separate ways, Gregg brushing past me with his now characteristic wink while Chantal disappeared through the serving door to the dining room. Avoiding me? Hardly took a massive pass of deductive reasoning to reach that ...