SIR
Directly across.
Of course he does.
His gaze lifts then, deliberately slow until it finds mine and locks there.
For a split second, something flickers. Recognition. Calculation. Surprise, maybe, but if it exists, he buries it fast. What he offers instead is polite interest, the kind reserved for strangers who might become useful.
“Nora,” McAllister says, gesturing between us, oblivious to the war detonating under the table. “I'm sure you know David Reid. He’s our… well, silent partner, for lack of a better term.”
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