Shift
“I said, shaking my head. “His uncle was always part of the plan.”
Ward paused for a second. “What’s his name?” he asked.
“What?”
“The uncle. His name.”
I stared at the FBI agent. “I can’t remember,” I said, suddenly wondering if the reason I couldn’t was because Win never told me. Suddenly remembering how his parents looked at me the first time I mentioned Win’s uncle. The one Win made up. His father’s eyes narrowed, his mother’s widened in confusion, and she started to say something before Cog...gans placed a hand on her knee. She stopped immediately.
“If he doesn’t have an uncle in Seattle, why didn’t his parents say so? I must have mentioned it a hundred times last week when we met with them.”
Ward reached for the back of his neck, rubbed a spot behind his ear, and looked past me in a way that told me he wasn’t about to answer my question. “Whose idea was it to take this trip?”
“Nobody’s. Both of ours. We sort of both took credit for it when the other wasn’t listening.”MoreLess
Ward paused for a second. “What’s his name?” he asked.
“What?”
“The uncle. His name.”
I stared at the FBI agent. “I can’t remember,” I said, suddenly wondering if the reason I couldn’t was because Win never told me. Suddenly remembering how his parents looked at me the first time I mentioned Win’s uncle. The one Win made up. His father’s eyes narrowed, his mother’s widened in confusion, and she started to say something before Cog...gans placed a hand on her knee. She stopped immediately.
“If he doesn’t have an uncle in Seattle, why didn’t his parents say so? I must have mentioned it a hundred times last week when we met with them.”
Ward reached for the back of his neck, rubbed a spot behind his ear, and looked past me in a way that told me he wasn’t about to answer my question. “Whose idea was it to take this trip?”
“Nobody’s. Both of ours. We sort of both took credit for it when the other wasn’t listening.”MoreLess
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