The old man was easily within arm’s reach of him. Mike thought for a moment. Of that afternoon, of that night. Of Robby, likely all tight-assed about it, likely standing there with his mouth hanging open when the warehouse was in flames and Julia ran past all the big tough guys and pulled Mike out.
“Hey!” he said, reminding himself. “You’ll never guess who’s on the relieving shift.”
“Nope, I won’t. Don’t know. Don’t care.”
“Julia Vendramini.”
“Julia? Our Julia?” Mike could feel Robby’s eyes truly focusing on him for the first time since the two had reunited. “She still a beauty? Man, she could turn heads back then! Best undercover we ever had. Helluva nice girl, too. Did she ever end up having kids? That was all she talked about back in the day. That and the outrageous amount of money
