Chapter 187

"I know it," I said. "Let me tell you something about Jason. I’ve known him for a long time. He’s a great guy, and he doesn’t play games. He is a ton of fun."

"I’ve seen him every night since we had our first date," she said. "Like, he’s really my boyfriend."

"That should tell you everything you need to know," I said. "Have you had appointments since then?"

"Yeah," Crystal said. "Each of the last two days."

"And did he care?" I asked.

"No," she said. "He just asked how things were going, and I said fine."

"Jason likes you," I said. "He’ll be honest to a fault. If it bothered him? He’d say so. I know that for a fact. He used to work for me, okay? And there was one time when he was pretty junior, and I brought him onto a deal, and I guess I had promised him that he could have a certain role. I don’t really remember the details