State of the Art Heist
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Once Doyle was out of earshot, Harrison shook his head.
“Doyle never learns. He’s always looking for the shortcut, a scheme to get rich quick, rather than work at it. It always comes back to bite him like this,” Harrison said.
“I don’t think you’re being fair,” Lucky disagreed. “The world needs more people like Doyle. People who’ve got big ideas and plans, and more importantly, the guts to try things out.
Owen, who’d had his eyes glued to his phone screen the last few minutes, rejoined the table.
“Good Time Grill’s menu looks interesting, but I won’t eat there until it has built up an acceptable number of online reviews,” Owen said. We all laughed.
“What do you think, Kacey?” Harrison asked.
The three Booker brothers turned their attention toward me, their faces open and expectant. It wasn’t clear if there were asking what I thought about Doyle’s diner scheme, or working at the agency, or what it was like to try and get by in Los Angeles. Perhaps they were asking about all of it, wanting to get to know me, Kacey, the newest member of the team. Suddenly I felt an expansion in my chest, a bursting desire to confess to what I know I should have told them from the start, about my history and my resume.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Doyle returning with burger-laden trays and my nerve dissipated. I didn’t have to tell them yet, right? Surely it could wait until after we’d eaten dinner.
“I think that I’m excited to dig into this delicious dinner,” I said brightly.
The four of us dug into our heaping plates of hot burgers and fries, deep-fried pickles, onion rings, and whatever “cabbage-free coleslaw” was.
I felt warm, full, and content, and I knew that Doyle’s food only contributed to half of it. Okay, maybe slightly more than half.
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