Page 233 of A Matter of Time

I cleared my throat. “So, how is Maggie?”

“I have no idea. I never saw her again after that night.”

“She never called?”

“I have no idea. My life went a little bit crazy after that.”

“Yours?” I arched a brow for him.

His smile was quick. “Okay, you win.”

We were silent a moment, just our eyes locked together before I looked away.

“Did you talk to anyone after that, or you only saw the detectives once?”

“No. I want to say a month or so later, two other detectives came by to see me and caught me up.”

“Hey.” His voice was so soft I barely heard it. “Look at me.”

I was nervous and edgy, and I had no idea why. Why the weird reaction to Sam Kage?

“Jory.”

Lifting my head then, I met his gaze.

“What’d they tell you?”

I had to think. “I was told that Dominic went into protective custody and then into the witness protection program, like my friend Anna. Do you know where either of them are now?”

He shook his head. “No. I did hear that Anna got remarried, though, and she’s expecting a child. They told me that when Dom went in. You should be happy for her.”

I nodded. “Oh, that’s great. Thank you for telling me.”

“They let her take George with her.”

“I should hope so.” I glanced at the door of my office.

“What are you thinking?”

My eyes flicked back to his.

“I can always tell when your brain’s workin’ overtime.”

I smiled at him. “It’s just weird… I used to think I’d always know Anna, just run into her from time to time, ya know? Funny how nothing turns out like you think it will.”

“Yeah, it is.”

“So you just came by to⁠—”

He took a step closer to me. “If you saw me that day in the street, why didn’t you come talk to me? That seems strange, that you didn’t.”

“You were with a lot of people, and I didn’t wanna intrude.”

He nodded, easing forward again. “And you saw my mom, you saw Michael…why not ask about me?”

“They told me without me even having to ask.” I sighed, leaning back against the wall to put distance between us.

“I guess they thought you cared. Sorry about that.”