I squeezed out a smile instead of the grimace that was trying to rise up. “Oh, hey. I’m kind of in the middle of something, so . . .” “Yeah?” he asked with an arched eyebrow. “Me too, actually.” The playful note in his voice tugged a reluctant smirk from me. “And what are you in the middle of, exactly?” “Trying to get you to talk to me,” he said. “Last time I checked, we were talking.” “You’re right. I guess my work here is done.”
