I can’t hide the shock as Anderson stares at me, my body threatening to break out into an all-out tremble. Of all the people in the city, how is my boss also my neighbor?
I try to find words to say, but everything comes out a stammered mess.
“I-I…wh-what? Wh-when did you? I mean, how long have you? I mean—you live here?”
Anderson raises an eyebrow at my stuttering. I guess he didn’t think I’d be living next to him, either. I’m really making a goddamn fool of myself, aren’t I?
“Well, I’m an employee of the company. And I’m a single dad. So, naturally, I thought you’d know I’m living in Center City Apartments as well.”
Of course, I didn’t know that. Since when would I have asked my boss where he lived, what he did during his off time, or what’s
