“You’ve got Flick and Matty to thank for that,” she replied, her smile gone. “They dragged all those people in with them in the first place, and it’s good some of the nicer ones became regulars. But you don’t think people come in because I work there, do you? Why would they do that?”
“People love a bit of celebrity service,” replied Tom, looking at his GPS. “They get to go home and tell their family, ‘Hey, guess who served me in the coffee shop today?’ And then they get to say, ‘I got served by Evelyn Belle, the eldest Southern Belle.’ People love that kind of thing, you know. So, yes, I do think that. At first the customers came in to ridicule you and put you down, make themselves feel better. But people love you now. You won them over. And now you’re not filthy rich, they can empathise
