`` do you have time to meet with me today ? '' weve been close for years , i never- why ? i wish i could just shut my mind down for the evening and take everything he has said in stride , but the questions loom . i moaned so loud i 'm sure the neighbors thought i was a whore . he just wanted someone to believe him . but we have property to split . '' at the top of the stairs was a landing with a desk and two hallways that ran in opposite directions . 