A Little Cooperation

I can hardly believe it.

Sebastian is cooperating.

He seems quite happy to have my attention again. We sit down at the computer in the morning and he hops right to it. He's taking charge, getting things done, snapping his fingers with impatience when everyone doesn't just 'jump to' and do what he wants.

How quaint. Wonder how long it will last.

Well, I'm not going to ask. I'm just going to sit back and watch -- and type. He's meticulous and detail oriented when he's absorbed in a project (he's an architect). I figured on that. But the rest of the time -- in his daily life -- he just 'gets things done.' They don't matter. He's focused on what he thinks is important, and the rest can go hang.

Looking around his high-rise condo, I can tell you he's definitely a minimalist. His place is all very modern, sleek, unadorned. No clutter in Seb's life. Not much 'life' either, from the looks of things.

Of course he'd disagree.

But good grief, talk about a workaholic.

I haven't introduced Neely yet. She's coming along later this chapter. He isn't going to think much of her, I can tell you that right now.

She sets his teeth on edge -- and he doesn't even know her. Not really. He just thinks he does. He's got her pegged, knows what she's after.

And he's not happy about it. He's going to do something about it, too.

Uh-oh.

I have my Seb and Neely box out on my desk, and I'm discovering I need to 'paper over' some of it since the houseboat moved from San Francisco to Seattle. I feel things shifting with the move. I see Seb is harder-edged. Doesn't suffer fools gladly -- and there are a lot of 'fools' in his world (he thinks).

Wonder what else will change?

Probably a lot. Books do that. So do characters.

I should have included Seb's cooperative spirit in the Seven Things no one knew.

I certainly didn't.