The sentence landed with more weight than he probably intended it to, and for a moment the three of them were slightly quieter, which Mike read as something specific to Jay rather than to the conversation. He did not pull at it.
"She's got dark hair, usually straight, about this tall," Jay supplied, making a gesture that was imprecise but gave a general reference. "I've seen them together twice."
"The second time they noticed me and separated so fast it looked choreographed." He almost smiled. "Nobody's snitching on Joseph, though. He's got a certain kind of..."
"Capital," Mike said.
"Yeah, that."
"What's Bella like?" Mike said. "As a person, not as a situation."
Tobin thought about this in the same way he thought about things he actually cared about getting right. "She's warm."
"The kind of person who remembers what you said two weeks ago and asks about it the next time she sees you."
