I lowered my voice and looked around us to be sure the hallway was empty. "It's you unless it's not you. And no, you didn't just look at the ring and then put it back."

"I - " He blinked down at my phone with saucer-wide eyes and then flicked his gaze to me. "You don't think that I... I would never... Victoria, I would never do something so dumb that would cost me my job."

"I know."

"But who is this?"

"I'm not sure, but it could be the whistling circus man ...