Clay thought about it for a minute, and then decided honesty was the best policy, "I thought, when we met in my office the last time before the dinner, that it had a lot of potential to ruin anything you might have had with Jai. I would have hated myself if that were the case. I didn't know what kind of relationship the two of you had, so I never said anything."

Two more bites of dinner then he continued, "After the State Dinner I was sure of it. When the two of you continued, I thought there was some kind of understanding."

He didn't mention Ben.