He nodded. “First, I want to apologize for the mistake my sister’s ex-boyfriend made which cost you your money.”
I rotated the pen between my fingers. “Ex-boyfriend?” I don’t care about the disaster since I did it myself. “Didn’t they come for the inauguration together?”
He cleared his throat, suddenly uncomfortable. “Veronica wanted to network, and since she didn’t get an invitation and he did, she decided to tag along with him.”
“they were cozy during the event.” Right until Clara’s identity was revealed. “that doesn’t look like networking to me.”
Nodding absently, his eyes darted around as he tried to think of a different approach. “I don’t know why she did what she did then, but I can assure you that they aren’t together anymore.”
That’s beside the point. “Last I checked, it isn’t
