When Ollie and Moira met, they were both with other people.” “I know that. They told me that.” Shadow thought a moment. “So he was with you first?” “No. She was. We’d been together since college.” There was a pause. She shaded something, her pencil scraping the paper. “Are you going to try and kiss me?” she asked. “I, uh. I, um,” he said. Then, honestly, “It hadn’t occurred to me.”

