Ferris blurted out, "Manda, do you know Bruno well? Are you familiar with his past?"
Mandy stirred the ice cubes in her glass with a straw and replied with a faint smile, "He has quite a history. What specifically are you asking about?"
"Relationships." Ferris was straightforward.
"He had an ex-girlfriend he was deeply in love with. I heard she came back to Northville a while ago." Mandy took a sip of her iced Americano, feeling the coldness travel from her throat to her stomach and spread throughout her body. The chill sharpened her senses and made her more clear-headed. She responded to his question directly, "I know. We've even met."
"Bruno is twenty-nine. It's normal for him to have had a few girlfriends. I don't care about his past. What I want is his future." Ferris nodded in u
