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“Did you really not play Hades?” He refers to a Roguelike game that swept the scene a few years ago.
“My ex did.” And, yeah, I played with him. It’s a great game. Bright and fun and hard, with a million ways to customize, but I hate it now, because I think of him. “I don’t play games often.” Not anymore. I don’t have time.
“Why did you stop?”
“Why did you stop carrying Spider-Man comics everywhere?”
“It’s easier to read them on a tablet.”
“I’m too busy to play anymore,” I say.
“Was he the guy?” he asks.
“Who?”
“This ex. Is he the guy who turned you into a cynic?” River asks.
“I’m a realist,” I say. “And no. A guy didn’t turn me into anything. This is how I am.”
He doesn’t react to my accusation of assumption. “Did you love him?”
“Why? If I say yes, do you win our bet already?”
“Not necessarily.” He takes a sip and lets out a low, deep sigh. “Fuck. That is good. Did you love him?” he asks again.
“I thought so,” I say. “Now, I don’t know.”
He raises a brow.
“I don’t know if I really knew who he was.”
“What did you like about him?”
“Everything,” I say. “We made perfect sense on paper. Two programmers with similar interests and goals. We both loved puzzles and watching old movies and lying on the beach after a long day.”
“What about him, specifically?”
“I don’t want to think about him.”
“Why not?” he asks.
“Because he’s my ex. Because that phase of my life is over.”
He shakes his head. “Our agreement only works if I get full access.”
“Full access?”
“To anything I want to know.”
“If I say no?” I ask.
“I’ll call Lexi right now,” he says. “She’ll come here. Or we’ll meet at your place.”
“She’ll lose interest the second you two have sex.”
“According to you.” He pulls his cell from his pocket. “Let’s find out if you’re right.”
No. We won’t find out. We’ll never find out. “I liked his glasses.”
