I smile wider in spite of myself.
She crosses her arms and does her best to glare at me, but she can't suppress her own amusement, letting it out as a wry grin.
"You're an awful human being, you know that?" she says, her cheeks becoming red as she teases me.
"The worst," I agree with a smile. I almost wink at her.
"You're even worse than Kelsey. You know how good Kelsey was at scaring the crap out of me."
I had, indeed, been regaled with many stories of how Ana's college roommate Kelsey had terrified her by popping up in places unexpectedly with the "silence of a ninja assassin."
"I can't believe you. How long were you standing there?" she asks again, feigning indignation.
My refusal to provide any answer other than a smile provokes her playful ire. She grabs the dishrag thrown over
