“What are you thinkin’, Red?” he grinned.
“Just how nice this is,” she replied, evading the question a bit. “How did you find this place?”
“Phone book,” he shrugged, taking a sip of water. “Made a few calls. This one fit the bill. What were you expectin’?”
“I don’t know.” It was Claudia’s turn to shrug. “You surprised me.”
“I like to surprise you,” he smiled at her. “See how you react.”
“I noticed,” she responded wryly. “You know, I don’t really know a damned thing about you.”
“Oh, you know quite a bit, I think,” he chuckled. “But even so…you said you didn’t want to see me again after this. Why the interest in me now?”
Claudia felt herself blushing again. “Force of habit,” she shot back. He laughed.
Dinner was good. There was nothing pretentious about the entrees, no sparse servin
