"I know it's not," Kathy said with a wry smile. "I'm asking if this one is. We didn't exactly leave well last time we were together and this time has been a bit...fraught, too." She leaned back to look into his eyes.

Dammit, Ezra, did everything about you have to be pretty?

"It's just--I'd like to see you. But I'll understand if you might not be as keen. So I don't want to hold out hope."