15I gripped the tree. “I don’t want to hear a damn thing you have to say.”
“I think I have heard this falsehood from you before.” I heard amusement in his voice.
Heat flared in my cheeks. I let go of the tree and my fingers balled into fists. I took a step toward him. “You think this is a joke? The hell with you. Remember the first thing you said to me when we met at the church? You said, ‘We are unwatched for the moment.’ Those words.” I ran out of air and had to take another breath. “Either you’re extremely lousy at what you do, or you meant for them to find us together. I’m through with you.”
He dropped the cigarette and carefully crushed the burning ember beneath his heel. “I spotted the man-disguised-as-woman when he entered the church. I followed him to be sure he did you no harm.
