Chapter 10: Lauren“So I guess you’re rich now.” Having devoured her soup and breadsticks as if there was no tomorrow, Silke leaned back with a contented sigh and grinned at Lauren broadly. “How does it feel?”
“I feel like you’re planning to stick me with the bill. Wasn’t it you who invited me out to dinner?”
“Yeah, but that was before I knew you were loaded.”
Lauren took the last breadstick from the basket on the table. “I was going to offer to share, but now that I know you’re just interested in me for my money…”
“I was kidding! Besides, it’s not like you’ve got it already.”
“You’d better watch it. I’m not going to need your rent money anymore. I may just get that sewing room I’ve always wanted.”
It was fun watching Silke’s face go from stricken to nah in a matter of seconds and mis
