Chapter 45

"I want to apologize for the way I have been.... For being frosty," she greeted him. "I just, well, I was very sensitive and tired that night and I  kinda snapped. And it was my fault that we... Ermmm... You know. I just want you to know that I am sorry. My father tells me that sometimes I tend to get a little too into the zone and too emotional and I can lose sight of my manners." Asher hadn't expected an apology. He just stared at her, so she continued. "So, why don't you come with me to the Chinese restaurant a few blocks down and we can get.... I don't know... reacquainted? You know, like the normal way" "I appreciate the offer, but you know as part of my job I'd go anyway," he pointed out finally.  Kimberly gave him a wry smile. "I'm inviting you to eat with me," she corrected. "Not sit creepily behind me like a weird stalker." Asher stepped back to retrieve his wallet and walked out into the hall. As she shut the door, he snorted. "You apologize and then call me a stalker.