Sima typed back: “¿Quién eres?”

She almost deleted it. Almost.

He didn’t come in. Just stood there, looking at her through the glass like she was a line of poetry he was trying to memorize.

“Pasa. Siéntate. Habla.”

Sima smiled into her cold coffee. The rain was letting up. Outside, a man in a grey coat hesitated by the door. He was tall, nervous, holding a single white tulip — her favorite, though she’d never told anyone.