Trust
“He left me a couple of times, once to take another phone call, raising his mobile apologetically until I waved him away, and another time when two guys in suits came in and approached nervously.
“Sorry, sorry,” he said, when he came back the second time. “Never get a minute’s peace. I told them I was entertaining...”
The place itself was unnerving. The way the waiting staff fawned over us the moment we set foot through the door, the way the man who must have been the owner appeared straight awa...y and led us to a table at the back.
The way my mind was working was even more unsettling. The little details that were beginning to make sense to me.
Like how I’d normally choose to sit by a window where I could see the world pass by, but a man who has guns pulled on him in broad daylight would be far better off with a table like this one, tucked away at the back.
Like how I understood that the way these people treated Dean was a mixture I both immediately recognized yet had never encountered before: they seemed to like and respect him, the owner treated him as a friend, they wanted him to be here, and yet...MoreLess
“Sorry, sorry,” he said, when he came back the second time. “Never get a minute’s peace. I told them I was entertaining...”
The place itself was unnerving. The way the waiting staff fawned over us the moment we set foot through the door, the way the man who must have been the owner appeared straight awa...y and led us to a table at the back.
The way my mind was working was even more unsettling. The little details that were beginning to make sense to me.
Like how I’d normally choose to sit by a window where I could see the world pass by, but a man who has guns pulled on him in broad daylight would be far better off with a table like this one, tucked away at the back.
Like how I understood that the way these people treated Dean was a mixture I both immediately recognized yet had never encountered before: they seemed to like and respect him, the owner treated him as a friend, they wanted him to be here, and yet...MoreLess
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