I grinned. "I know."
"So why are you smiling?"
Mostly, I was smiling because she was adorable, trying to talk me out of the same prank she'd pulled on Griff just the other day.
I replied, "Because it's funny."
She looked heavenward. "You know what? I don't know why I'm arguing. If you want to give him a bunch of raisins, it's not up tometo stop you."
"Exactly." I leaned sideways to check the pastry case. "So…you got any raisin bagels?"
She gave a little wince. "Bagels?"
"You know…those round things you pop in a toaster."
"I know what a bagel is." She bit her lip. "I just mean…the other day, he didn't even order bagels."
"I know." I gave her a significant look. "But he got them, anyway, didn't he?"
She froze. "Oh, God. You looked in the box, didn't you?"
I laughed. "What, you thought I wouldn't?"
"I don't knowwhatI thought. I was an idiot, okay?"
If so, she wasmykind of idiot, because I'd been laughing about it ever since. It had been a long time since I'd met anyone more devious than me. And yeah, I kind of liked it.
Before I could reply, she added, "But it doesn't matter. We're out of the raisin ones, anyway."
"You can't letthatstop you. It didn't stop you the first time, did it?"
"Yeah, well…that was a moment of weakness." She made a decent show of looking contrite. "And I reallyamsorry."
I waved it away. "Don't be."
"That's easy foryouto say. You're not the one who had to eat them."
"How doyouknow?" I asked. "I already admitted to opening the box."
"So…did you? Eat some, I mean?"
I laughed. "Hell no. That's Griff's problem, not mine."
She gave me an exasperated look. "See? So you admit it's a problem."
"Notmyproblem," I teased.
With an embarrassed groan, she said, "And then I took that tip." She squeezed her eyes shut for a long moment before opening them to say, "I should probably give it back."
"Screwthat," I laughed. "It was worth every penny. I should've tipped you double."
"Or nothing," she countered. "I mean…I didn't really deserve it."
"Well, you can't give it backnow."
"Why not?"
"Because I wouldn't accept it. Like I said, I would've paid triple."
