"Flatterer," she teased, but she actually blushed a little at his compliment. He was always such a gentlemen. Cleo loved it. Her complexion hid the blush well enough, but if he was observant (which he usually was) he'd have noticed it.
She greet Karo with a little wave and ordered a burger to go along with her coffee.
"I'm so glad for you, Dale. Honestly. And the law enforcement here is damn lucky to have you on their team." She dumped sugar and cream into her coffee and was stirring it with a spoon when the rest of what he said registered with her. "Wait, what? Why would you make this Evans' nervous? When did this happen?" Cleo worked pretty closely with the owners of the Crashdown, but this was news to her. And she couldn't understand for the life of her why her bosses would find Dale anything less than charming.