Likewise, as soon as the words left her mouth, all James could do was try desperately not to laugh out loud. His lips pinched together to hold it all back. A million thoughts skipped through his head, something like, ‘you don’t waste any time!’ and ‘are there any puddles I could fall into outside?’ But those were not words for him. She was already surely suffering from loss of dignity. He quietly let her order, staring at his boots so that she might not see the way the corners of his mouth were crinkling. When Olivia was finished, he ordered himself an iced sweet tea, a turkey sandwich, and that cookie. That finished, he gestured toward the window. “Care to take in the view?”