Charlotte had been watching the man at the table for a while now as she ate her food. Now that she finished and he was still hard at work she decided to say something. Looking over from her table she leaned towards him. “Ya gonna wear a hole in ya paper if ya keep at that, sugar,” she said.

Glancing over, Steve offered a sheepish little smile. “Lucky for me the paper’s pretty sturdy. But I’ve done that plenty of times before."
