Even when the baseball game was over Galen showed no inclination to rush out the door. "Do you play cards?" he asked.

Lydia shrugged. "I can but I don't think I have any in the apartment. Except for my Tarot deck."

"Tarot cards?" He raised one eyebrow in that skeptical expression she loved. "You're kidding. When have you had time to get into the New-Age stuff?"

"When I was about three." Lydia stuck her tongue out. "The cards belonged to my grandmother. She used ...