"Hey Victoria," Winter said easily, sliding onto one of the bar stools.
"Winter! What a pleasant surprise," the older woman exclaimed, folding up her reading glasses and closing her book. "How are you today?"
"I'm fine, thanks, and you?" came Winter's automatic reply. She glanced around the kitchen and the corners of her mouth curved upwards almost imperceptibly in a secret smile, and I wondered what it was that had caught her fancy.
"I'm fine," Victoria replied. "Are you staying for dinner?" She asked it like Winter hung around for dinner all the time and that today was no exception. I scoffed to myself. Right, Victoria. Remember, our hospitality already got rejected once; who's to say today will be any different?
While Winter contemplated the question, Victoria winked at me subtly. O
