"I can keep a secret."
"We went out for lunch and Dan had chicken—barbecued chicken. 'I thought you were a vegetarian,' I said to him.
"'I weaken sometimes,' he said, chewing. 'Do you think the Lord will forgive me?'
"'If He doesn't forgive you, there's no hope for me whatsoever,' I said."
Suzanne laughed. "Or me."
"Sinners," Oliver said.
"'Fraid so," she said more softly.
"Can you make it to the housewarming?"
"I don't think so."
"Damn. What are you doing?"