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"Sorry I’ you for at least another hour"

Josh shakes his head "No problerins at us in the rear-view ot ninety minutes before curfew Can I take you somewhere else?"

Josh leans forward in his seat "You know that café on Amsterdam? Kismet?"

Brian snorts It tells me that he already knows the story "I think I can find the place"

"Thanks" Josh sits back And then he turns to me with a sudden alarm "Is that okay? Sorry, I’m still in stupid partythere for New Year’s, but I thought an early visit would be nice For nostalgia’s sake"

"No, it’s perfect" I force a smile "Thanks, Brian"

"That’s what I’ inside the car is not perfection There’s no hand holding We’re quiet and ill at ease As Brian hten the et to see any of the museum?"

It’s a leading question Clearly, Josh tells his "I did"

"Aaaaand?"

I force another cheerful sift"

He pumps his fist "Nice"

"Went off without a hitch," Josh says "Thank you, Chuck"

"Thank you, Chuck!" Brian repeats

They discuss the plan, soement with Chuck that Brian hadn’t heard yet, and I squirm in my seat Howbefore? The less private it gets, theI shouldn’t say, but for some terrible and unknown reason, I have to say anyway I should save it for a more appropriate, less emotionally stressed day I should save it for e’re alone I shouldn’t ever say it Don’t say it

"Rashypt, doesn’t she?" I ask

Shit

"What?" Josh’s response is sharp as his attention snaps from Brian to me

"I-- I oes to Brown to study Egyptology"

"Yeah, she goes to Brown because she goes there Those things are true"

"And there’s that drawing of her as an Egyptian goddess" I can’t believe I’ it in front of Brian I don’t knohat’s happening, but so out The Egyptian thing is a coincidence, I know this, but I can’t stop "Was that how you knew about the tery confusion "Huh?"