"And if it turns out to fall apart, they do say 'better the devil you know'," Jesse added. "But I'll take any help we can get in the meantime."
He jumped slightly at the knock, but then remembered Nicholas had gone downstairs to get the food, and he went to let him in. "Damn, it looks like you ordered the whole deli," he joked, standing aside so Nicholas could enter. "Which is not a complaint, mind you."