CHAPTER 22

“THAT’S INTERESTING,” AMBERT said. “I destroyed a romance that I didn’t even

know existed. Kindly elaborate.”

Brian grinned. “And I am stating a fact. And this is how it happened, the next few days

after we met,” Brian started narrating. “I would invite her out. You know, so we’d get to know each other and so I could impress her and show her what a gentleman I was. And it seemed to be working because after just a few dates, she would now readily say yes whenever I’d invite her out. And she wouldn’t even ask where I would take her or what we’d do. I would tell her to come go out with me, and she’d say ‘Let’s go!’ I probably would take her to Mars, the planet, the red one, and she probably wouldn’t even complain of the distance.”

“Because you’re trustworthy,” Ambert said. “Remember when I let you take care of my turtles for days when I was out of the country? I usually don’t do that, entrust my pets, especially my turtles, to anyone, even to relatives. I always hire a vet or an expert.