did.
“Just weekends?” I asked instead.
“Just weekends. Bring her flowers if you want. Sit there for an hour. Smile. Leave.”
I nodded, already knowing I had just agreed to become someone I was not.
My hand moved before my conscience could catch up. I pulled the cash toward me and felt it settle in my palm like a small, heavy stone.
“When do I start?”
He almost smiled. For a moment he looked like a man relieved to put something heavy down on someone else’s back.
“Saturday. And Jeremy.
