Chapter 21
After breakfast, I climbed the stairs while Mark rode the stair lift. “I want to talk to you,” he said when we reached the second floor.
“What is it?”
He crooked his finger and limped down the hallway to the spare bedroom.
“Mark?” I followed him in, startled when he closed the door and backed me up against it.
“Couple of things. First, Theo and Matheson are getting married. It’s in August, I’m invited, and I want you to come with me.”
“Mark,” I said softly. “Don’t I always come with you?”
He tipped up my chin and kissed me. “Ass. Will you be my plus one?”
“Of course.”
“Cool. Second—”
“Just a moment. You know I’ve got my Phillips Exeter reunion coming up in a couple of months. I said I’d go. I’d like you to join me.”
“Won’t that make things hinky for you at the Company
