"Little!" But Theodore couldn't quite manage a laugh and had to settle with a bemused shake of his head.
"I would have someone far more competent than I on the other side of your table, Melinda." Maybe he could have been a proper solicitor by now if things had been different -- but he didn't like thinking of what-ifs. They were useless, and he was not there, he was here. Now.
"You'll come by tomorrow if there has been any development?"