Leo is tense. I guess he hadn't imagined our meeting like this, and I can understand that. To realize that I’m not exactly who he thought he knew must be a disappointment.
“Madelyn didn't tell me anything at all,” he says.
I find that hard to believe. And he must be aware of this because he adds:
“I understood that you were in a wheelchair when I saw you appear in the street. Was I surprised? I won’t lie to you: yes.”
“You hide your game well.”
“I had a few seconds to get used to the idea, that's why you didn't see anything.”
“So, how does it feel to find out I'm a paraplegic?” I said bitterly to provoke him.
“I'm disappointed.”
His frankness strikes me like a slap in the face. But very quickly, he adds:
“I’m disappointed, not because you’re here in front of me in a wheelchair, bu
