Despite the fact that the numbers were barely noticeable to me, I sat at my computer and stared at the spreadsheet that was in front of me. I was surrounded by the buzzing of the workplace, but I was physically miles away from the cause of the noise. When I mentioned Tyler, Brian's polite questions and the way he had leaned in just a little bit too near to me were just some of the details that kept playing over and over in my head as I relived the meal we had together. I would convince myself that it was nothing more than innocent curiosity. As a matter of fact, Tyler was his connection. However, when I navigated through the spreadsheet and clicked through another tab, uncertainty remained like an itch that I was unable to scratch. My attention was immediately brought back to the here

