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She raises an eyebrow at me. “Nothing?”
“Not one little thing,” I answer, in a vaguely sing-song way, just like Scarlett would.
“Hmm,” Karma murmurs. “Well, fine. Whatever. It’s your turn to pay for dinner tonight.”
“Like I would forget,” I mutter back.
“Just get our usual order. Cleo isn’t having one of her gentleman callers tonight so it’s only us.”
She leaves the room, thankfully before I can say something to mess up this switch.
I take Scarlett’s phone out of her purse, and I ask her what the usual order is.
She tells me to call a number and tell the guy who I am, and he’ll know what the usual order is.
I make the call, the guy who answers flirts a little bit and tells me he’ll make sure it’s here soon.
Putting Scarlett’s phone down on the counter, I check her purse and let out a soft sigh.
She has a decent amount of cash. It reminds me some things have changed since high school.
We might mostly be the same people, but Scarlett’s making money now and, apparently, she’s not treating it the same way she used to treat her allowance, which was always gone the day after we got it.
I take off Scarlett’s red leather jacket, hanging it over one of the chairs.
Concentrating on making the coffee helps with my nerves.
I know where some of the stuff is in the kitchen now, too, which will stop me from looking like a clueless moron later if I’m expected to grab something for someone in here.
I walk over to the door that looks out over the backyard, and I take a good look out there.
It’s too dark to see much, but at least the lawn looks maintained.
The yard to the right is dark right now, too.
I look at the side of that house, and I wonder if all of the houses in the street are rental properties.
Silver Valley is packed full of rich families, a lot of which have Alpha head of households.
Mom and Dad were way happier about Scarlett’s choice to move here than they were about mine to move out to the city. This is a safe place. Emergency services have super-fast response times out here. Though crime is so low I doubt the cops have to deal with anything more dangerous than the occasional noise complaint.
I move away from the door and sit down at the table, ready to sip at my coffee.
It’s not late enough to worry about one cup keeping me up all night, and besides, I might need it if Scarlett’s room is messy enough to drive me up the walls.
The pizza arrives within twenty minutes of the call I made to the pizza place.
I answer the door and tip the delivery guy a twenty, because I know it’s what Scarlett would do.
Most of the people working in the service industries around here probably drive in from Silver Lake.
It’s not a super quick journey.
The kid beams at me as he tells me to enjoy my pizza.
I close the door and balance the two large boxes in one hand while I lock it.
They smell good. I’m definitely calm enough now to be hungry.
