“Being a landlord. You have to deal with tenants all the time, fix broken stuff, chase them down for late payments, that sort of thing.” “Annika deals with the tenants.” “Right, because you’re bad with people.” “Is that what she said?” “Something like that.” There was that cheerful smile again. Was she teasing me? “You did a great job on the house next door. It’s really nice.” “Thanks.” “Sorry, I should quit bugging you. I’m sure you have a lot of work to do.” She picked up the ball but kept it tucked against her chest while Max did a circle around her. “I’ll see you around.” “Yeah, see you.”
