Just as I started to put it away, there was a shadow in the doorway. I looked up to see Mancini standing there. I didn't even hear him approach. “How did it go, kid?" I'm pretty sure he's not that much older than I am, but okay. He does have me beat with experience alone.
“It went fine. I guess I can see why you put us together."
“He eliminates a lot of the guesswork, doesn't he?" He walked into the room, and I looked at him, really looked at him. He looked tired like he'd gone a few rounds up there, which I can only imagine he did. Things had been getting really sticky when I left. I wanted to ask about all that but knew Gideon would tell me later.
“Did you just come to see where I'm at?" I got the feeling he had something to say that had nothing to do with this, and I started to get t
