Chapter 12 After Lennon deigned to leave the office, a delay that both Rada and Townsend insisted was normal for him, Townsend insisted that they all go to Bubble for dinner. Ben thought about pushing back. He wasn’t in the mood for bar food. He was in the mood for a quiet evening in, where he could sit back and have a rational conversation with Lennon in private. Of course, Lennon’s food options at home were limited. Bar food it was, then. Sigmund the bartender led them to a booth and settled them in. Lennon, surprisingly, didn’t fight the instruction, and he didn’t fight being stuck between Ben and the wall either. That probably counted as progress. Of course, the other option was Kaden Townsend, and one of them would have knifed the other before the first drink was served. Townsend l

