"Of course I want to talk to you," he replied sincerely, tending the food. "But you have to admit it's weird. It is weird, right? This isn't normal for you. Is it? Should I be worried about who else you're talking to?"

He was as much joking as serious, worried not about who else she might be talking to, but about the idea of this kind of lifestyle being normal for Alex. She seemed a little too good at hiding and laying low. And it didn't make him think ill of her, but Kyle was worried about trying to keep up with that kind of lifestyle.