“Sounds lousy when you put it that way…but it’s accurate.”
Claudia looked up at the sky, wishing there was guidance there. The stars were supposed to lead the way, not confuse the path.
“You’re so much better at that sort of thing than I am,” he continued in the dark. “You understand how people work. I don’t know how you do what you do, but in less than a week you built a team, pulled off a miracle, and got us out alive. I was best man at Bill and Trisha’s wedding, and he flattened me on your behalf. I never had a chance to block it. How?”
“That’s not your question. Retain your focus.” Because she desperately needed him to answer his prior question.
“Right. Good advice. So, uh, previous question was that I don’t understand how something I know to be right could feel so wrong.”
“You’re
