CHAPTER 12: ABSURD QUANDARY..................
“BAXT, IS THAT YOU?” RIVKA was shocked, surprised and mildly annoyed. “How on Earth did you find me?” She was as beautiful as always, the webcam showing her reclining on a sofa inside a spacious apartment.
“I thought something must have happened to you.”
“I needed some time off, needed to get away,” she said. “Thought you lied to me, thought you said Dan was lying low when he was in some kind of serious s**t. He usually is.”
“Dan is fine, he’ll be back in a few months,” Baxt’s voice held a hint of uncertainty, as if doubting his own convictions. “He just needs to sit out the storm.” Yes, while hibernating in a chorizo-shaped giant cocoon in my bedroom, hanging from the mirror we used to shag under, he thought. He never went away, you see, s
