I scratch the back of my neck. “Well, can I just put it out there that maybe I wasn’t the right guy for this? You know, Silas is more of an asshole than I am. He might be the one you’re looking for.” “I don’t want Silas in on this. I need someone who is unattached to a woman who softens him. I thought you were tough. Hard.” Well, I’m hard, that’s for damn sure, but I don’t think that’s the version of hard he’s talking about.
