aaron blackford quotes
“Do you think you can tell Catalina to turn around? I’d appreciate talking to her face and not to the back of her head.”
“I’m pretty sure my words are reaching Catalina down there just fine, but if you could tell her that I have work to do and I cannot entertain this much longer, I would appreciate it.”
“Fine. So, I said that. Doesn’t mean I’m that desperate.”
“That’s what truly helpless people would say. But whatever makes you sleep better at night, Catalina.”
“That was odd.” The same deep voice came again. “But I guess it goes with your personality.”
“He straightened to his full length. “A nerdy Clark Kent?” His brows furrowed. “Is that supposed to be a compliment?”
“What are you doing?” I asked him.
“You asked me that question already.” He pinned me with a bored look. “What does it look like I’m doing?”
“I don’t need your help, Blackford.”
He sighed. “I think I’m having another déjà vu.”
“I heard Aaron’s long sigh. “If you ask me if it’s poisoned, I swear—”
“I don’t want to waste more time arguing about something you are too stubborn to admit, so yes. Sure.”
“I don’t need you, thank you very much.”
“Sure,” he repeated, turning my exasperation one notch up. “Although I think you do.”
“You think wrong.”
That brow rose higher. “And yet it sounded like you really do need me.”
“I’ll let you think about it. You know you have no other options.”
