Gabriel

"You're the one person I have been unable to read." Joe's was calmer this time.

The words however, did no cross me as any normal statement would.

Of course, he did have quite a number of reasons to try to know me, but the the way the sentence was made, spoke about something else.

"I didn't mean it the way you think." He maintained his calmness.

But then again, how did he know about what I was thinking?

Maybe my facial expression gave me away.

"I do..." I paused. "I want to understand ...