“Um.  I’m an accountant.”  Abby lied and something passed through Robbi’s look as if she didn’t believe her but she said nothing.  As if knowing it was a lie.  She bit her lip, thinking she should tell her the truth, but then left it as it was.  No last names?  She could deal with the lie it wasn’t like she was ever going to meet this woman again.

“How…  Pedestrian.”  Robbi said with a grin and scratched her ear.

“What?”  Abby laughed a true laugh.

“Boring or dull.  My brother hated when I used mundane words so I always tried to find better words for simple ones.  I think I walked around with a thesaurus when I was a kid.” 

“Nice brother.”  Abby offered,

“He’s dead.”  Robbi stated bluntly and Abby’s jaw dropped feeling as if she’d just inserted her foot into her mouth.

“I’m so sorry.”  Abby stammered and Robbi shrugged.

“I didn’t know until a few days ago.  I’ve been…”  She paused, finding the words.  “Out of the country so to speak.  He died two years ago.  Awful isn’t it?  A sister not knowing her brother had been killed.”  Another dreamy pause from Robbi, “Anyway, nice to have met you Abby, I should get going, I start my new job in the morning.  I don’t want to show up looking to tired.”  She stated standing up and offering her hand to Abby who took it without thinking.  Robbi’s long fingers caressing the flesh of her hand and giving Abby a rush of goose bumps.