On their way back to the apartment, Victor had managed to ease her worry over what happened. The updates from Gil and Wilson were positive, and he assured her Mina and Rick wouldn’t put blame on anyone; they weren’t the type. And if that wasn’t enough to convince her, he would go around asking people their honest opinions on her.

She hit him again as they entered, “Stop! That would be beyond embarrassing!”

“I’m joking, I’m joking. I have to get that frown off of ...