Me
Hold up. It's your turn for a dare.
Alex
I thought this one might be too much for you.
I bristle, hating how he can so easily wind me up.
Me
Fair's fair.
Alex
Welcher.
Me
One. I'm not getting arrested for you or anyone. No breaking or trespassing.
Alex
C'mon...
Me
Two. What yard?
Alex
You have a Chicago number.
Me
I haven't changed it. I don't live there. I'm in New York.
I hesitate on the New York, but in the end, I text it. He might be from here, the number he gave me for his PI is a Queens or Brooklyn area code. But he has been so nice that I tell him.
Andbesides, New York is big.
Alex
New York? Damn. I spend time there, but I'm in California right now. Tell you what? How about an indoor pool or hot tub?
Me
I don't have that.
Alex
But you must know someone. And someone has to have a pool...
Me
Maybe. Way out in Jamaica, or on Staten Island, or far out in the Rockaways.
Alex
