“What’re you doing here?”

“What? I can’t just drop by anymore now that you’ve got a new friend?” The jackass grinned.

“Funny! What’s up?” I got up and pulled on the lightweight down vest that I’d thrown over the back of my chair as he stood there smirking at me.

“Nothing’s up. I got bored. Where are you going?”

“Come.”

Not like I was going to shake him anyway. I wasn’t doing much, just making a quick stop since the Alden ...