“You think that’s me?” “I do.” Jack stood up with a grunt, clenching his hands into fists and shifting his weight from one foot to the other. “You’re probably right,” he said. “Think I should apologize again?” His Nassai offered a smile and a slight tip of her head. “I do,” she answered. “But not now. A strange consequence of your solitary nature is that sometimes you need to be alone And Anna very clearly does.” needHe broke the trance and returned to his office, his old apartment fading away to be replaced by a city skyline on the other side of the window. Summer was right. Giving Anna time to cool off was a good idea, but… But he couldn’t sit in this office while the others were out there doing real work. Besides, what was Bil gonna do? Fire him? Jack was ready to quit. That b****y

