Cast Iron Conviction by Jessica Beck

Author:Jessica Beck [Beck, Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Cozy Publishing
Published: 2015-08-24T22:00:00+00:00

“Fine by me,” I said as I slid his bill toward him. “You can pay Pat up front on your way out.”

Ollie looked shocked by the notion. “Why should I pay for something I didn’t eat?”

“Let me ask you something,” I said as I plated his eggs, bacon, and biscuits and slid them in front of the spot where he’d just been sitting. “If you hired an architect to design a house for you and then changed your mind about building it, would you get a bill? If that one’s too hard to grasp, how about if you hired a lawyer to defend you, but then halfway through the trial you decided you’d do a better job of it yourself. Is there any doubt in your mind that you’d be getting an invoice for the work she’d put into it up until then?”

“No, I suppose not,” he said, “but that’s different.”

“You’re right there. I went ahead and built the house AND defended you, and now you’re trying to get out of paying for either one of them. You’ve got two choices, Ollie, and I’d be careful about which way you choose if I were you. You can sit down and eat the breakfast I just made for you, happily paying your bill on the way out, or you can leave right now without eating or paying for it. I’ve got to warn you though, that if you do that, you won’t be welcome back here as long as Pat and I are running the Iron.”

Ollie sat down so quickly I was afraid that he might fall off his chair. “There’s no reason to get nasty about it, Annie. I’ll pay. You know I’m good for it.”

“There was never any doubt in my mind,” I said with a bright smile. “Can I get you anything else?”

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