One of my eyes twitches.
I daresay that broken doorknob was the beginning of the end of me last night.
He smirks.
“Have I said thank you for delivering me home safely?” I ask him.
“All part of the job.”
We reach the comparatively short line for the burger bus, and I get the advantage of watching Bea and Hudson moving seamlessly inside as they wait on the two customers before us.
She’s in her tie-dyed shirt again, but the bandanna holding her curly hair back is blindingly pink and her apron is blindingly yellow. Her face is makeup-free, her smile is smiling, and her dimples are dimpling.
She’s a veritable flower.
One that I can’t fully appreciate because the bubbly is still impairing my senses and making very little enjoyable.
Except she’s enjoyable.
Watching her work—it’s spreading the bad kind of warmth in my chest.
The kind that says I like her, that whatever happened last night that I can’t remember, she was sympathetic about it and made me feel safe enough that my subconscious has decided I’d be a fool to continue being angry with her for setting me up to be her tool of revenge against her ex.
Especially after having met said ex.
Wankeronly touches the surface of how I’d describe him.
You can tell when she spots me because her face freezes, then puckers, and then she gives me a pained smile before returning her attention to the order she’s taking.
Tank snickers.
“You caught that too?” I ask him.
“Everyone here caught that.”
“Do you…do you recall if I said anything I shouldn’t have while we were having dinner?”
“Wasn’t listening.”
“The next time I ask for champagne, please tie me up so that I may never again do this to myself.”
Once more, the man smirks at me.
And soon, it’s our turn to step up to the window.
“What’s on your secret menu?” Eddie asks before Bea can say a word.
“It’s fish, isn’t it?” Charlie says.
“No, Dad’s right. It can’t always be fish or else it wouldn’t be a secret.”
“Ooooooh, is that what he meant?”
“It’s what I think he meant.”
The boys both look at her.
“Well?” Charlie says. “What is it then?”
