`` as long as it 's in public , it would n't be an issue . the night was hot , humidity high , and he turned incessantly to get comfortable . `` you want some tea or something ? '' i felt content to drop it and never look at the filing cabinets again . here , of course , on this train . for one long second , he thinks she 's serious and his heart stops completely , goose bumps rising like soldiers across his skin . she had one , uncomfortable , straight-back chair in her office . 