“Why?”
“She gave me the highball to pick you up.”
I said, “I let her think she had a diamond-studded live one.”
“Is he?”
“Maybe.”
“Friend of yours?”
“In a way. Why?”
“Nothing. I was just wondering.”
I finished out the game on the pinball machine, fed a coin in the slot, and pushed in the plunger. “Want to try it?” I asked.
She started shooting balls around the board. Joe came over and looked at me significantly.