I did as requested, crossing one leg over the other and swinging my foot like I didn't have a care in the world. "Sure. How was the rally? Did your speech go over well?"

"My speeches always go over well. What I wanted to discuss was your involving a bunch of radical wingnuts in this search my mother set you on."

"Technically, you have Rafael to thank for that. And to be fair, we did get a potential lead."

"It was bad enough when you were playing fast and loose with ...