“I’ll bring food,” Mike said, before turning towards his truck.“Have a good day, guys,” he called over his shoulder.
The three men watched as Mike backed his truck out of the parking area.Joesph turned to face Jamie.“Well?”
“Well, what?I need to change.”Jamie turned towards the stairs, Joesph hot on his heels.
“I need the dirt,” Joesph said.“You have to tell all.Donotleave anything out.”
“I am not going to tell you anything other than I had a very good night.”
Salzy laughed.“Even I could see that.”He was following Joesph.
Jamie went directly to his bedroom and closed the door to change.
“I’m not going to let you off, you know,” Joesph said through the door.“I want details.”
“You’re not going to get any,” came Jamie’s muffled response.
“And you know I will get it out of you.One way or another, so you might as well just spill!”Joesph’s nose was but a fraction of an inch from the door when Jamie opened it.
“You think so, huh?”Jamie pushed Joesph out of his way.
“Yes, I do.You always tell...eventually.So, might as well make it less painful for both of us and just tell me.”
Salzy was sitting at the table, smiling like he was watching the best show on TV.“This is gonna be good.”
Jamie shot him a disparaging look.“Look, I,wehad a very pleasant evening.Mike made us omelettes with asparagus.It was good.Then we had hot fudge sundaes.”
“And?”Joesph stood there, his arms crossed over his chest again, a knowing gleam in his eyes.
“And what?”Jamie asked as he poured himself a coffee.
“You obviously had sex.”
“What makes you say that?”Jamie blew on his coffee.
“I can smell it on you.Youreekof it,” Joesph said, coyly.“I can always tell when you’ve beenproperlylaid.”
“Can not,” Jamie quipped, passing by Joesph.“I did have a shower this morning.”
“I can still smell it.”Joesph leaned into Jamie.“And I’d say there was a whole lot of it too!”
“Can’t you just be happy that I had a good evening?”Jamie sat at the table next to Salzy.“How was last night with Terry?”he asked.
“It was good,” Salzy answered.“We had barbecue, sat outside, and talked, and she left just before nine.”
“Very nice.”Jamie opened up his laptop.“Okay then, the crew will be back the day after tomorrow.”He looked at Joesph.“That gives me plenty of time to get the new menus printed, orders placed and be ready to reopen.I’m thinking Saturday morning.”
“Did you hire those ladies for the dining room?”Salzy asked.
“Yeah, they were good.The one with blonde hair is Hazel’s niece.”Jamie tapped some keys on his computer.“I still need to hire two cooks.I’ll do some interviews this afternoon.I’ve got several who look good.”
“And what about Mike?”Joesph asked, sitting across from Jamie.
“What about him?”
“Okay, play it cool if you want to, but I’ll get it out of you soon enough.”
Jamie looked at Joesph over his computer.“Don’t you need to be downstairs overseeing those installations?”
