"And then, when it was adrift, I took it back. What can I say? I wasn't ready to part ways. Heaven kind of keeps my sort out and we still have so much to talk about." They didn't, not really, there was no reason to keep Bobby. He could say bargaining chip but Bobby knew better than that. No, he was keeping him because he wanted him. It wasn't any deeper than that.

He sat on the couch and looked up at Bobby, smiling. "Sit down, relax. It doesn't always have to be you trying to bust my plans and work out what's what. We could just chat. You know, like normal people."

Not that he knew what that was like but he'd definitely seen Bobby do it before.