"Not particularly," I said.
"But you will anyway."
"What makes you say that?"
"Because you're curious what I'll say." He flicked his head toward the interior of the house. "Go ahead, grab a coat. I'll wait here."
"Yeah, you do that," I said, slamming the door in his face.
I stalked back to the couch and threw myself down on it, determined to go back to sleep. Whatever he was planning to say, I didn't want to hear it. What would he say, anyway? Was he really going to apologize? And if so, for what, specifically?
I closed my eyes and tried to drift. That lasted less than five minutes. It was no use. Iwascurious. "Damn it," I muttered and got up to retrieve my coat.
I went outside, slamming the front door behind me.
He was still there.
"You got five minutes," I told him.
"Alright," he said. "But just so you know, I'm going to save the actual apology for the end, so you don't run off before."
"Fine. As long as you're within five minutes." I made a show of looking at my wrist.
Bishop glanced down at my empty wrist. "That only works if you're wearing a watch."
"Not if you got the message."
"Fair enough." He glanced past me to the Parkers' front door. "A while back, I went into that house when you weren't home."
I made my eyes obnoxiously wide. "You did? I had no idea." I put a finger to my chin. "Gee, did you do anything else, by any chance?"
"I went through your purse. I checked out your license." He shrugged. "Gave the dog a few snacks. He seemed to like the bacon ones best."
"Is there an apology coming any time soon?" I asked.
"Alright. I shouldn’t have done it. And I apologize."
"So," I said, "Lawton told you that I knew about that, huh?"
"Yup."
"Let me ask you something. If I had never found out, would you still be apologizing?"
"Nope."
"And why is that?
"Because I'm not stupid."
"You really are a dick, you know that, right?"
"Hey, have I ever denied it?"
"No. But I kind of wish you would. You really know how to take the fun out of it."
"I'll keep that in mind."
I narrowed my gaze. "Did Lawton make you do this? Because it seems to me, you're a little late to the whole apology parade."
