Chapter 56

“So how have you been Mr. Stewart? I have not seen you in ages.”

“Please, call me Fred. I have been around, went through a dramatic divorce but here I am.”

“I am so sorry to hear that.”

“Don’t be, it was bound to happen from the get go,” he answered with a hint of bitterness in his voice. She felt sympathetic toward him especially when the images of how in love he was with the wife popped up in his head.

The bloody Mary tasted better than she had expected but she was not ready to admit to Fred that his choice was right on the money.

“I heard you graduated from architectural school?” he asked curiously. “Yes I did.”

“Boyfriend?”

“Not really.”

He laughed again before taking a sip from his glass and sitting up to have a better view of Leila who was not ready to let anyone in.

“You are one hard nut to crack but at the same time a very good and easy read.”

“Are you sure you are not viewing me from the piggy trails perspective?”<