“the guy who pointed, I worked morning with him”
“Oh, okay”
“He’s harmless, in case you were wondering”
“Harmless? How did… I mean…”
“I’d feel the same way if I was you, I mean, these days, not easy to trust strangers.”
“That’s for sure, not easy to trust people you know either.”
Josh turned in the seat and Brett could feel his eyes on him, staring. Why he said that he had no idea but it felt like he could tell him anything without it being a deal breaker, least he hoped it wouldn’t be. Still he needed to be careful. Josh seemed to be able to read his mind and that made him nervous. He hadn’t met anyone before that could see past his normal façade. Besides, he knew absolutely nothing more about him other than he worked mornings, now worked nights and was perhaps a bit older than he had guessed.
“So you get the sirloin or the round?”
“Huh? Oh the steaks you mean… uh, two rib eyes actually”
“What? I mean… that’s bit pricey, you Donald Trump in disguise or something?”
“Haha I don’t think so, though wouldn’t mind his money, just not his uh taste in uh, friends”
“Yeah he does pick some ditzy one’s doesn’t he?”
“seems so”
“Well, I got a bottle of wine, you do drink wine? I mean if not, maybe there is a store where I can get something else?”
“Wine is fine, you didn’t have to do that”
“It’s okay, I mean you bought dinner, wish I’d known you had splurged though, I mean the wine isn’t a bad one, but uh…”
“I am sure whatever you picked out will be just great”
“Charmer huh? Well, I hope so, if not you can blame the assistant manager, it was his recommendation”
“Okay, if its bad we’ll blame him, now did you keep the receipt so we can take it back?”
“Shit, comedian now”
“Not really, but thanks for noticing that I was joking”
“Not hard to do when you are choking back a belly laugh”
