CHAPTER 31 "Wait a minute, Grace--first, you made it sound like I'd never met the guy and now you're saying it's Christopher? What's the deal?" Grace looked pissed, but I was, too. She wasn't playing fair. "I only said that so you'd give him a chance instead of rushing to judgment--like you did. Like you always do." "Well, I wouldn't have said that if I'd known who it was." I walked over to the conference table to pour myself some water. "Now I look like the mean jerk." "Yeah, you do," she said, slamming her desk drawer for emphasis. "Grace," I shot back, "It's your life, do what you want. I was only trying to help. I'll keep my opinions to myself from now on." "There's a novel idea," she sniped back. "Wow!" I said. "You totally set me up and somehow this is now my fault. It's not

