“I know a lot of people, Isla... more so, a lot of people know me…” he shrugged his shoulders, and I nodded. He was not offering more information about the nature of their relationship or acquaintance, yet, reading her body language and the way she kept staring at us, I could tell she must have been one of his multiple one-night stands.
“Right,” I said,
“Forget about her… you wanted to talk to me…” he paused, “You have my undivided attention.”
The way he chose his words… told me that he had paid attention; he knew I was uncomfortable with the situation, and also told me that he was not forgetting why we were there in the first place.
“Yeah, actually… it was nothing important…” I said, and he looked at me. His eyes bored a hole in my soul.
“I saw you talking to Luke, Luke Wise…” h
