I silently instructed myself to be reasonable. Cameron winced as if he knew exactly what I was thinking. “I used to see the property every time I came over here to check on Jack, and I finally thought, wouldn’t it be nice—” “To get your nose all the way up my family’s ass by moving in next door?” Hmm. And just what part of that rejoinder was supposed to be reasonable? I reviewed my word choices and mentally marked them all with red Xs. You get a D minus for diplomacy.

