The same sort of thing happened two weeks later when Richard heard him on the phone talking to one of his coworkers.
“No, but thank you for the invite,” Rain said.
Richard couldn’t hear the other side of the conversation, but it was obvious Rain was turning down yet another offer of a fun time or entertainment.
“I don’t think anime conventions are Richie’s thing, but maybe we can get together for that comic convention next summer? That’s a big one, too, isn’t it?”
In Richard’s mind, Rain turning down the amusement park trip was bad enough, but an anime convention was just unfathomable. Rain spent half his time talking about any and everything to do with Japan, and anime was high on that list. He even had a list of artists he wanted to meet and some books he wanted signed. Now he had th
