Chapter 122 Dinner

• Xavier chose a small Italian restaurant in the West Village.
• Not because it was impressive. There were restaurants in this city that would have made more of a statement. Places where the waiting list alone communicated a certain kind of power and the food arrived on plates that looked like modern art.
• He chose this one because it was quiet. Candlelit tables. A menu written on a chalkboard. The kind of place where the owner still came out to ask how the food was and actually waited for the answer.