“Look, the venue’s got her under a lot of stress.

You don’t have to make it harder for her.”

He took her side with the weary reflex of a man who spent all his time apologizing for fights he didn’t understand.

“She was horribly cruel to a young catering server,” I said.

“She yelled at him for giving me a napkin.”

Ethan shook his head.

He slipped his phone into his pocket.

“She told me you made a scene with the staff.