Rollie expected Sophia at 9:30 p.m. That gave him just enough time to contact Claude, put together a tray of finger food, and make sure there was an adequate supply of beverages.
"Mr. Sweats, how good of you to call. What can I do for you tonight?" Since making their secret pact to manipulate the CR47 project, Claude kidded around and poked fun at Rollie more and more.
"Claude, knock off the crap. I"ve got something important to tell you. Hang on a minute, someone is at the door." Rollie hoped he could get the call to Claude done before Sophia arrived. He wasn"t quite sure it was a good idea to let her overhear their conversation due to the sensitive topics. But, in this case, he couldn"t see an overwhelming reason to keep her in the dark about what he was getting ready to tell Claude. B
