Art's heart ached. He shut his eyes- he hadn't expected Vannah to be the rough one. He put the phone down for a moment, taking a deep breath and considering just hanging up on her. It seemed easier than lying to her, if he was lucky enough to survive and try and make amends, he would have lied less. But he knew that just going silent wasn't much better, and it was cowardly. He'd lied to his own family when he'd gone undercover before, and he could do it again. He hoped.
"Yeah, you should have," Arthur said instead, his Boston accent coming out thicker than ever. "Look, Princess- I don't know what you want from me. We had fun. That's all it had to be."