"I'd spent enough time behind bars on the other side to feel a change of scenery would be beneficial to all parties," he said. He generally wasn't open about that, but there was something about being alone with a stranger at 4 am in a diner with very bad coffee that made a person bold. "Small crimes, nothing to fear, and I've gone clean, of course," he added, but the smile on his lips said he'd done anything but. "What do you consider safe, darling?" he asked, taking a sip of his coffee and watching her fingernails on the handle of the mug. "And of course you're not a bobby. You're too attractive to be an officer of the law."