Working with children is a tremendous rollercoaster of an experience, because they can say the most absolutely heart-wrenching thing, and then extend their palm for a biscuit the next moment, without missing a beat.
A little snort, and he has a mug of fresh coffee as a peace offering.
โHiding from the students. Scottโs in one of those moods, โn Alex is just instigatinโ it.โ He shrugs, sipping his coffee.
He just dismisses the idea of her paying for it.
"The professors here that need it first thing in the morning /because/ they can be? Never intentionally, of course. But you know."
โ
. . . Okay first of all !! Who buys a
thousand dollar coffee machine
KNOWING this house is so damn
destructive !?
Second of all .. can I borrow some
money ? Iโm two hundred short โ
โ
"Investigating, covertly?"
Sean has many talents - subtlety and tact may not be amongst them, though. . .
"And language! There are children everywhere, they don't need an excuse to use blue words."