Hope You Brought Your Wallet… We’re Starving

grinning in a way that made Lisa’s stomach tighten before he’d even said a word.

“Well,” Derek said, clapping his hands together as the menus arrived, “hope you brought your wallet. We’re starving.”

He said it like a joke, the kind of thing you toss out at a table and expect everyone to laugh along with. A few people did laugh, lightly, politely. But continue reading …