"Okay," she said, letting the kiss linger. He was going to watch out for himself. She could either worry and fuss and try to keep him from doing bad things, because she didn't know what that said about her or what it might do to him, and a hundred other things she'd never control ...

... or ...

"Then ... Reno?" she said. Couldn't believe she was about to say this. "... Do your job."