We've never met. Though, she and my husband have formed a tenuous... something. ( David tends to rankle his allies as much as he draws them close. Where Ezra has the charm and the darkness beneath it, David's honesty and blunt sharp-edged whatevers seem to win him more friends in the long run. ) I'm not able to walk through doors and be anywhere, so I've stayed more local. I took more shifts. I took this shift. I heard a rumor you had a clean bill of health. Thought maybe you'd be back earlier.

( A faux, faux rumor. )