The passenger side cop looked at Cade and asked, "Have you people been
drinkin'? What's so funny?"
"She just realized something, I think."
"What?"
"Well, I'm not exactly sure. It's business related, I think."
Nodding, the cop waved the driver on as he said, "Uh, huh. Well, it's late,
so hold the noise down, okay?"
"Sure. No problem."
Beth suffered another spate of laughter as the cops drove away. Cade went to
stand by her and waited for the laughter to abate, thinking she must have been
strung pretty tight to be so thoroughly amused by so little.
She levered herself off the wall and began walking again as she caught her
breath.
"You okay?" asked Cade.
"Fine. You were right. I realized something."
He waited as she took a breath and seemed to collect herself a bit.
"Cade, were you trying to make me laugh?"
"Nope. Not really. I was just trying to make you feel a little more
comfortable about dragging me back to your cave."
"I'm not dragging you anywhere. You conned me."
Hand over his heart, Cade said, "Never. Not me. No way. Nuh-uh."
"Bullshit.
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