"I would have followed through and made the appointment with your friend, Em," he said as they walked. "That's not why I asked you to come today." "Then why?" "You'll see." They were still a block away from her office when he spotted Peter and Julie getting out of Julie's car, which was parked in front of Emma's office. Zach stopped in the middle of the sidewalk and grumbled, "Do you and Mom tell each other everything?" "Gotcha." Emma grinned. "Rachel didn't say a word about you and Julie. I guessed." "Shit," he said. They drove him crazy, just knowing stuff like this about him. "What gave me away?" "You wouldn't call us, Zach, no matter what we did or said. But when Julie needed help, you were on the phone to us right away." "That's it? A couple of phone calls, and you've got me and Julie—" He broke off abruptly. "You and Julie, what?" "Never mind," he said. "You knew they were coming, right? I mean, I wouldn't have had you come down here..." "Yeah, I knew, and I hope you can do something with this kid," Zach said.
