"Practically never," she said with another dramatic roll of her eyes. "But I know what I know."
"Years and years, you say?" I said, my mouth suddenly dry. I almost raised my hand to get the attention of the server and ask for some water, but of course that server would"ve been her. I folded my hands together.
She was still gloating at me smugly, and I longed to summon the words to fight back.
But that wouldn"t further my actual goals.
"How late were you here, last night?" I asked instead.
"The usual time," she said.
"And that is?" I pressed.
"Ten or so," she said with a shrug. "Then I walked home."
"And where"s home?" I asked.
"South of the village," she said. Then that mischievous gleam was back in her eyes. "We"re on the south side now, so you know as well as I that walk was thr
