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teaching you what is important and what is not.”
    “Very true.  By the way, we call chicken, chook in Australian slang.”
    She raised her eyebrows, “Chook?”
    He laughed at the look on her face, “Yes, I can see you need some education, chef.”
    She giggled, “Guess so.”  She squeezed some ketchup on her plate and offered it to him.
    “No tomato sauce for me, thanks.”
    She gave him a puzzled look and he laughed.  “Tomato sauce is Australian slang for ketchup.”
    She giggled, “How interesting.   I’ll have to remember that.”
    “So, what’s in Windsor?”
    “Oh. I’m going to visit my grandparents.  They are my dad’s parents.  My dad died five years ago.  My mom has re-married and lives in Washington near Seattle but I’ve never met her husband.  Anyways, I haven’t seen my grandparents for a long time and their health is not that great.  Granddad has trouble getting around and has gone to using a cane.  I need to see them and spend a little time with them.”  She was having no trouble talking to him now.  He had made her feel comfortable and it seemed like he was really interested to hear what she had to say.
    “That’s nice.  I haven’t seen either one of my parents since I left Australia.  They were on their way to a nasty divorce and I left before it was official.  They both have re-married, but I don’t know much more than that.  I wasn’t the easiest kid and our relationship was difficult.”  There he goes again, sharing information that most people did not know.  In fact, he could not think of anyone who knew that much about his past.  His friend John knew his childhood had been difficult but even he didn’t know what he had just told Taylor.
    “My parents were divorced too.  My mom didn’t even come to dad’s funeral.”  That had hurt more than she had admitted at the time.
    He saw the hurt in her eyes.  Her mother and she must not get along very well.  Even so, the fact that she had not bothered to attend the funeral of her ex-husband for her daughter’s sake did not escape his notice.  He decided to change the subject.
    They chatted easily until he looked at his watch and told her that Billy should know something about her car.  He picked up the check and handed it to the waitress with his card.
    “Wait, I don’t expect you to pay.  You’ve done enough already,” she protested.
    “No, my treat. “
    They stared at each other challengingly. She broke the silence.  “Really. I can pay for my own food.”
    “So can I.”
    “I will pay my bill, really.  I insist.”  She glared at him but he was not fazed by it.  Darn it.  She’d have to work on her no-nonsense, determined, and won’t back down look. 
    She narrowed her eyes and tried looking sterner.  “You are not paying, get it?”  She tried a determined look.
    He looked at her and grinned, “I’ve been up against fiercer than you, Taylor.  It’s not going to work.”
    She gave him a thoughtful look, her head tilted ever so slightly to the side and then smiled, “I’ll have to work on it.”
    He laughed, “You do that.  It might get better.”
    “Might?”
    “You’re not exactly the scary type.”
    She gave him a prim look, “For your information, I don’t have any intention of being scary.”
    He grinned again, “Good.”
    “But I could be scary if I had too.”
    He lifted a brow, “How would that go exactly?”
    She thought for a moment, “Well, I, I just would.”  She couldn’t think of anything to say.  How did one go about being scary?   He didn’t look like the type that got scared very often, if ever. 
    He grinned, “Thought so.”
    The waitress brought back his card and he signed for it. She reached into her purse for her wallet.  “I can at least leave the tip.”
    “Too late.”  He grinned at her. 
    She gave up and gave him a big smile, “Thank you.”

Seven
     
    As they came out of the diner, she looked at him, “I can be scary, by the