A bird flew overhead and squawked as if laying claim to some morsel of food no one else could see. Parking lot gulls she called them.
“I told you. Dolores gave it to me."
“She says she didn't."
“She did. Maybe she forgot. She is pregnant."
Zach's hands clenched to fists, but Grace felt no fear. He wouldn't hit her. “She told you that?"
“Yes. And I think you and I need to talk. Can I buy you a drink? I've had a rough day looking in a dumpster for someone's ear."
His stare went through her again. You'd think she'd asked him to strip naked in the parking lot. Not that she wouldn't have enjoyed a private showing of the Zach Holten show. She missed his touch, even if it sent her brain into a frenzy of colors. “Okay," he said after a long silence.
He met her at the coffee shop next to th
