“Th—then please, uh… Sir. Call me Kade.”
Bill took a seat across from the younger man and replied, “Sure thing, Kade.” Their eyes met, and Bill gave Kade a smile of unmistakable amusement. “You’re not a very good liar, are you?”
Kade swallowed. “Pardon…?”
“I’m getting this impression you know me from somewhere, but I’m quite certain we’ve never met before. Did Arden talk to you about me, by any chance?” Bill paused. “Showed you a picture of me, perhaps?”
Despite not knowing anything for sure, Kade chose to err on the side of caution. He pulled himself together and admitted, “Arden did talk to me about you, Sir… but he wasn’t the one who showed me your picture.”
Bill smiled at him and hummed. Kade had been prepared to be grilled further, but the next thing Bill did was nod towards Kade
