Heiji sighed. "I figured it'd help him relax a little if I told him I was dating someone else. I was vague on exactly who, and he battened on Clive as a likely suspect. Then when I said it wasn't him, he just off and ran with it. He's seriously impossible sometimes. I can hardly believe he's related to the Laytons. Maybe he like... married into the family."

Then again, maybe he just lost the genetic lottery. Hard.