Fiona
Nina got the full scoop on Iris by the time I arrived at the office.
Usually, I optimized my downtime during the half-hour car ride by reading the morning’s market indexes. I had more pressing business today though. I texted Nina every detail of what had happened the night prior, describing both the short, painful scene with Iris and all the stuff Alexander told me about her afterward.
It was a relief to see how she reacted.
Her very first response was: WTF?????
Alexander’s statements about Iris had been rather perplexing. I couldn’t tell if he really understood or not that the woman had an obvious and serious romantic interest in him. Either way, he seemed to trust the stranger with inexplicable certainty.
His defense of her didn’t shake my faith in my own intuition at a
