Usually, sat across from Crane, this was something about this crime file or that. He supposed the whole sodomy thing was technically crime … but undocumented. Well, mostly.

Zechariah had his obligations, and Crane had his. Also, he was Catholic. Kitty was bad enough. Did he truly want to invite a Catholic into his life?

… But the ‘tomorrow’ line had worked.

Hm. The lying was a bit cowardly, and the ‘terrible person’ bit, well … pathetic, but Zechariah kept that to himself.

“Then I am, too,” Zechariah said, shortly. “It would not justify anyone trying to blackmail me – don’t you agree, Crane?”