Chapter 9

“Hogan, talk about a coincidence.” Hilary stuttered while kicking off the conversation, “Xaviera’s back in Rivertown, and she’s got herself a boyfriend.”

Elders sure know how to hit the nail on the head.

But this topic didn’t tickle Hogan’s fancy. He just glanced indifferently at his watch and reminded her, “The auction’s about to start.”

“Shoot, almost forgot why we’re here.” Hilary said enthusiastically, grabbing my hand, “Xaviera, let’s do lunch sometime soon, and bring your boyfriend along so I can give him the once–over.”

Just polite chit–chat. I didn’t take it to heart, just nodded along to play nice.

But Hilary

ry seemed to feel that wasn’t enough, shooting Hogan a look and saying, “Come on, say

something, will you?”

Hogan let out a cold snort, “You two close or something?”

The temperature in the room dropped to freezing in an instant.

But Hogan was right, without him, Hilary and I were like two ships passing in the night.

I found my own way out, “Mrs. Hilary, Mr. Zade, I’ve got to run.”

It took me a moment to muster that line.

paid my dues to the money god, now

the background, I could vaguely hear Hilary asking, “Why does Xaviera

hint of probing in

and silently

hour later when I finally bought an air purifier. The vendor was decent enough to

the third–floor food court in the elevator, a lively crowd headed my

white tee, dark casual pants, and sporting silver–rimmed

told, he didn’t join a big company after college but

tagging

had always been Mr. Popular.

was debating whether to say hi

the elevator, smiling, “Xaviera,

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on me. One of them joked, “Professor. Yearwood,

with his usual humility, “She’s Xaviera, my former

straightened up and

antics were

we hit the ground floor, the bunch scattered like they’d planned it, not

had been

headed to the parking lot together, and I called him

when I wasn’t getting in,

wanting

car but now holding

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