CHAPTER 21
"What? No proposal and now I have to sleep alone too? This date is getting worse by the minute." I was joking, not joking. "No problem, I'll just say I have an imaginary boyfriend in Canada."
Kip looked at the floor while I ranted. "Aw, Jamie, it's only three months and then we'll be on the same schedule. And you won't have to sleep alone on weekends." He gave me a knowing look. "We don't have to sleep at all."
I didn't respond, keeping my face neutral, a negotiating trick. Silence makes people uncomfortable and they make concessions. They'll bargain with themselves while you wait. See? Lawyers can keep quiet occasionally.
"Look, if you don't want me to take the job, I won't," he said. "I know my Australia trip lasted longer than three months but this one won't, I promise."
