Charlie walked me out to my car half an hour later. "Sorry about Tina," he said before I climbed in.

"I'm afraid to ask what the problem is."

"You guessed it then. She has a thing for Van."

My laugh was anything but happy. "She has nothing to worry about. He dumped me first thing the morning after. If she hasn't slept with him yet, he's available for a night." I could hear the anger in my words and felt bad that I'd said anything. "I'm sorry, that was uncalled ...