"I don't know." Jen frowned. "I don't know where he is. I hope he's not here. I haven't seen anybody that I knew before. I'm going to take that as a good sign, I think."
She started to wonder about other people, but Atsuko's next question diverted her thoughts easily. Jen found herself thinking of Charlie again. What was Charlie like?
What was Charlie like?
"He's a little strange. But we get along well. Work together well. He's into this Zen thing. He's... rich. I like him, though. He likes to get the job done, he's very interested in the law being the law except when it's not quite right, and that's how I feel. I think that things should be right. Some laws just... aren't fair."
So much was streaming back into her memory now that she was talking about it.