I sat there with my mouth hanging open for what felt like hours. I turned from Alistair to Anne and back to Alistair several times as my brain processed what I had just been told.
Donald snorted into a half-emptied glass. “I think he"s in shock.”
“Well, wouldn"t you be?” Louise said. “I mean, to find something like that out at dinner?”
I looked at Louise. A singular thought was forming, but the words would not come out. I saw the smile on Zelda"s face, half mocking, half sympathetic. The words finally fought their way to my mouth. “I didn"t know you could do that for a living.”
Everyone laughed. I picked up my plate and started toward the kitchen, but stopped at the end of the table nearest Anne. “Did you make a lot of money doing that?”
She grinned. “Quite a bit. Too bad I didn"t sav
