If you can’t handle someone like Roger VanCamp, you won’t stand a chance against Tanaka. A lot of people date within their own groups or cross over into others, creating alliances or contentions. Things like handicap, birdie, and bogey meant absolutely nothing to me. “Perhaps I could broker a talk between you on a neutral territory.”
“You’d do that for me?”
“Of course. I shrugged. “Isn’t it rude for a man to sleep with a woman and then tell?”
“So that’s a yes?” Astrid asked. I was impressed with this complex woman who seemed so genuine and sincere, yet underneath that velvety softness, she was rigid. I would probably forget almost all of it within twenty-four hours, but her easy company made up for the impromptu lesson I hadn’t expected. Making the place smell good?”
“I prefer to not have tomorrow’s food dominate the house with its smell. “Remind me not to piss you off.”
“Hey, at least I didn’t have her killed,” I said, referring to Hiro. She was waifish, with delicate bone structure, slight curves, and sharp, angular features.
