Chapter 19 Summary

Kinsey finds Charlie Scorsoni sitting on her doorstep when she returns home and she is irritated because meeting Charlie like this did not match her fantasy. She takes her irritation out on him by being grumpy and unfriendly. He talks her into getting dressed up so he can take her out to dinner. At the Ranch House in Ojai, Kinsey is actually relieved to have Charlie order for her, which is very much out of character for independent Kinsey. Her attraction to him has only increased, but when he opens the conversation by asking how the investigation is going, Kinsey rebuffs him, but relents and states that it is not going well. Charlie continues to woo her over dinner, lowering her defenses against him. They talk a little about his past, how he chose to go to law school, about his abusive father...