Chapter 33
NORA
Something flickered across his expression, quick, cautious. "Some things," he said. "Trading circles overlap more than people realize. I hear things sometimes. Doesn't mean I understand the whole picture."
"But you don't say anything," I said. "Even when you notice something off."
He was quiet for a long moment, his eyes fixed somewhere ahead of us on the street, his jaw tight. "Last time," he said finally, careful with each word, "I noticed things about Daniel that felt wrong. Small things. I didn't say anything, because I didn't want to be the guy who shows up trying to talk the bride out of her own wedding for reasons that looked a lot more like jealousy than concern. I've regretted that. More than you probably realize."
Something in my chest tightened at that, a st
