She knew she had rendered him speechless as she sat waiting several long seconds for him to respond.
“Why didn’t he tell me?”
“I don’t know,” she drew her fork through the potatoes and grimaced. “I can’t begin to understand their minds. They lied to me so much it bordered a work of fiction.”
“What do you mean?”
“For starters, I thought they were from Pittsburgh. I had no idea they were from out of state.”
“Mindy was originally from Pittsburgh. He met her when he’d gone to a football game.”
“I knew how they met but I didn’t realize he had simply been visiting.” She shuffled, “they told me his brother’s name was Rick.”
“Rick?”
“Rick. You are not a Rick.”
“No, I am not.” He laughed lowly at her comment. “What else did he tell you?”
“He told me he was a lawyer.”
“That was true. He w
