Kelly"s eyes widened. "A Sunday date? Seriously?" "Not a date." Jeni scowled as she picked up the coffee pot, giving the near-empty glass container a shake. "Who the hell keeps leaving a few drops in the bottom of the damned pot? Who does that?" "Paul. Bastard"s been begging for us to upgrade to coffee pods for the better part of a year; this is his strategy. If he annoys us enough, we"ll go ahead and buy the new machine." Kelly shook her head. "The concept of a budget is alien to him." "If I c***k this over his head, maybe that"ll help." Jeni busied herself with changing out the coffee filter and preparing a new pot. "Don"t read anything more into it than there is—Karl wants to win as much as I do." "So why play game after game with him? Isn"t that just tipping your hand?" Kelly dumpe

