15
Strategy
Meredith
I’M SAVED FROM ANSWERING by a knock at the door. It’s Sukey again. “Higgins sent me up to give you a warning. We’re having steak to start and he doesn’t want it to spoil.” She gives us a second look. “Have you two been arguing?” she asks.
“Of course not,” I answer quickly, giving her a soft push out of the door. “Tell Higgins we’ll be down any minute but to hold off on the steak until we get there.”
As soon as the door closes behind Sukey, Mike comes up behind me and touches me on the shoulder. I shrug him off and back away.
“Meredith, I can see you can’t deal with this at the moment. I’ll get dressed and meet you downstairs. I’ll stay in the guest bedroom until we’ve had a chance to sort this out. Please don’t worry that I’ll push myself on you.”
I nod. “Mike,
