“Gail,” he said, the instant I opened the door, “what is it? Did Max find out about us?” I despised that question! So gossipy, so intrusive. And what right did he have to call Max by his first name? They hadn’t even met! It was all I could do to say, “Yes, Andrew, he did. Sorry; I meant what I said in my email.” Then I shut the door in his face. After that, we were two strangers.
