Chapter 23
I followed Graham into the cafe. The whirring of mixers became a faint buzz in the background, but I had no doubt Carrie, Charlie, and Tara would be eavesdropping from the door.
“I’m sorry,” we both said at the same time, then chuckled.
“You first,” Graham said.
I took a deep breath. “I should have trusted you. You were right about Brett, and I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you when you told me he was lying about his connection with the mayor.”
“Thank you,” he said. “I’m sorry for being such an a*s about it. You have a history with him. It couldn’t have been easy to figure out what he was doing.”
I shook my head. “It wasn’t. But Brett isn’t going to be a problem anymore. He’s out, but we need to fix things between us.”
“I agree.”
“I need to know a few things. I need to unde
