“So, tell me about your interest in TV poker?” I abruptly changed the subject.
He seemed a bit taken aback, then he thought a moment. “I study people. It’s good practice for writers.”
“And professional poker provides you with material?”
“In a way. Plus it keeps me sharp. I like to guess ahead and figure out how the game’s going to be played.”
“And you’re good at this?”
“Pretty good.”
Something told me that he was better than ‘pretty good’, even though, to that point, I’d only had a small glimpse of his powers of observation.
After leaving the gallery we walked down to the lakeshore, then alongside the lake in the direction of Navy Pier. The lake was choppy on the early evening, while trying to shed the winter as the earth yielded itself to the approaching spring. Despite the rough w
