Chapter 53: Not Talking Business

"What are we supposed to talk about? Business is what we have in common."

"How does it feel to be back here?" Wyatt said.

Fiona hadn't really thought about it. Her only reason for coming back to was show Wyatt that she didn't need him. That she was as competent as an electrician as he was. She'd done that, sort of. "Uh, I guess okay."

"It hasn't really changed much."

"No, it hasn't."

What a banal conversation. Was this how it was going to be for them for the rest of the job? This awkwardness?

"How's your sister?"

"She's fine. In college and loving it."

"You didn't want to go to college?"

She'd had that dream at one point, but when her parents died, the desire had died with it. "I'm not cut out for sitting in a classroom."

He nodded, then sipped his beer. "I can understand that. I'm not interested in theory. Tell me how something works for me. How can I use it in my job?"

"Exactly. You wire something, a light works. It's more rewarding," she said.

"Instant gratification."

"Yeah, in a w