Chapter 4
The echo of his promise to Gage came back to Christopher in the form of a desperate phone call from Rev.
“Emilio called.”
Christopher didn’t stop where he was entering the figures from his latest auction run into QuickBooks. He’d had dozens of these kinds of calls over the years. “And you hung up on him, right?”
“Eventually.”
“How long exactly is eventually?”
“Too long.”
“Are you two back together?”
“No, no, that’s over. I’m done with him. I don’t need his crap anymore.”
In all honesty, it wasn’t the answer Christopher expected to hear. He almost smiled in the face of Rev’s resolve. “So why are you calling me now?”
“He wants me to go out with him on Sunday.”
“So? You just told me you’re done with him.”
“He said he just wants to talk. He sounded sincere.”
“He always s
