“Why not? Color has the power to alter our emotions.”
“Where do you come up with this stuff?”
“I’m a lawyer. I read. It’s who I am.”
“Maybe you should curate your reading list a little more carefully.”
She leaned back and closed her eyes. After a couple of minutes she asked, “Has he talked about me?”
She felt Alex’s gaze on her, but didn’t open her eyes.
“He and I work together. You know I’m not going to tell you what he said.”
“You could hint.”
“Fine. He said it was over and asked me to give you back your things, which I did.”
“Two books, a lip balm and a T-shirt. We weren’t even almost living together. Shouldn’t we have been? Couples who are thinking about getting married often live together. It was a sign. I packed up what he had at my place and it was only a jacket and a few toiletries. I took them to the office and left them with your receptionist. Sometimes I wonder if we were involved at all or if we were both just pretending. Shouldn’t there have been more?”
“Probably.”
She winced. “Now you have an opinion?”
“Stating the obvious.”
“You are.” She sipped at her drink. “I still feel like I need to be doing something to help me move on and I’m sorry, but an accent wall doesn’t meet my needs.”
“Do you want to start dating?”
“Not really.”
He looked at her. “Interesting. That’s not a definitive no, so I’ll ask again. Do you want to start dating?”
“What’s the point? There isn’t anyone to date.”
“I know this is a small town, but there has to be someone.”
“So you say, but you can’t come up with anyone.”
He returned his attention back to Noah. “Joe who owns that bar we like.”
“I can’t. He and Jax lost their virginity to each other in high school. That’s just too much baggage.”
Alex stared at her. “How can you know that about them?”
“Jax is my sister. We don’t have a lot of secrets.”
“Do you think Kim ever talked about our sex life?”
“Probably. With her friends. She never said anything to me if that makes you feel better.”
“It does.”
She tried not to smile. “So there are things you’re ashamed of? Or do you just do it weird?”
“Not going there.”
“But now I’m intrigued.”
