Maybe her smile's a little bit smug over the neck of her beer bottle. "Think I'll save the sneaking around for when I really need it then."

He says just one thing, and for a second she's sure this is the catch she's been waiting for.

It's a catch, all right, but it's nothing she didn't expect out of him. Nothing she can't agree to.

She lets out a small laugh. "That's too bad. I had a lot of great shoe stories I was going to tell you."