Chapter TenOn Saturday morning, Lynn returned to Maxie's for coffee. The warm welcome she received from Smitty each visit, and the verbal exchanges they shared, were becoming a ritual she enjoyed, and one of the few things that gave her any sense of continuity in leading someone else's life. She told him about her new job, and the new account she earned by promising a little too much. Smitty was amused, laughing harder and longer than was polite, except between friends.
She told him that his daily special seemed rather unpredictable, like they might be based on what there was too much of left over. He gave her an indignant look at first, then broke into laughter and admitted she was right. This week he had too much hamburger, so the special was meat loaf for the second day in a row. He to
