14“What does it mean?” King demanded.
Nero shrugged. “Perhaps it means you have similar tastes in furniture.”
“It isn’t just similar, Nero. It’s the same damn furniture. You should have seen Seetha’s face when she made me search for a damage mark on the dining table to prove it. If I didn’t know better, I’d say it was a setup somehow, but what the hell kind of sense does that make? Who would lure me to an auction in the residence where we lived together just to watch and see what I would do? Seetha was in the work camp when I bought the stuff. It seems too far-fetched, and useless, for someone to experiment on me. Everyone knows I’ve forgotten her. It’s in all the reports.”
“None. It makes no sense,” Nero said firmly. “There would be nothing gained from forcing such an odd coincidence…o
