“Adrian, my apartment is little and very plain.” Brody gestured at their surroundings. “After this, I’m ashamed for you to see where and how I live. And what am I gonna do, ask you to go to a bar with me or to the movies?”
“You might have tried.”
“Yeah. The Adrian Lynch would go out and have a beer with me?”
Adrian grinned. “Try me.”
“You’re on! How about later tonight?”
“Why not? Whatever you want. And look, I’m sorry about Justin’s birthday dinner. I know money’s tight for you and I wanted to help. Did Justin know that I’d comped the meal?”
“Yeah, he doesn’t miss much. He saw that I hadn’t put enough cash in the folder to pay for a meal like that. And I’m not totally stupid, you know. I would have tipped the waiter and the valet out front. And another thing, I didn’t appreciate you
