“Just something fun to do while we talk details. That’s all it’d be.” “Just to be clear, I don’t really have a choice, right?” “You could choose to say no, but then I’ll choose to keep thinking up ways to get you to talk to me. Your choice. Rip the Band-Aid off fast, or rip it off slow.” “I’ll go to this thing with you, but it’s not a date. You also have to let me bring Iris and Miranda.” I laughed. “Uh, no. I said I wanted it to be fun, not a reenactment of the Spanish Inquisition.” “Those are my terms. You want me to go, then it’s all three of us.”