“Will she have to learn it? Because I was prepared to help her with math homework, not magic homework.” I nearly offered to help her myself. Nearly. But regardless of how much fun Leo seemed to be having with all this, and how weirdly attached I was growing to his endless curiosity, this was just a job. He was my client, and I was his employee. Once this was all over, I doubted we’d ever see each other again aside from a casual “Hello” if we passed each other in the street. For some reason, that thought churned my stomach.
