“One large popcorn,” Stepp said to the concession attendant. His date chuckled. “You think I can eat a whole tub of popcorn?” “Who said it was just for you? Haven’t you ever heard of sharing?” She did all she could to stop herself from stomping on his foot and storming from the theater. Stepp paid for the large popcorn and two sodas and forged ahead toward the screening room’s entrance without saying anything to his date. Guess I’m just supposed to follow, she thought. Like a good, obedient puppy. Stepp maneuvered the crowded aisle toward the front of the cinema. “Two empty seats are up there on the end. I don’t like to sit in the middle of the row.” “Of course you don’t,” she mumbled and flopped herself into the second-from-the-end empty chair. Smith slithered into an empty seat a

