What was he even going on about? Excuses. Oblivious to the dark lessons he wanted to impart, Cassie just stared at him like he was stupid and sipped her cappuccino. Okay, obviously she had to switch gears here or he was going to start spouting off figures and maybe draw a revenue prediction chart on the wall in whipped cream. Cassie knew what had gone wrong; she'd asked the wrong question because 'money' was always going to be the right answer.
What she really wanted to know was, "Why this Starkbu- ugh, Starbucks? There have to be like a thousand more in the city, closer to work or your apartment or something. This isn't even the busiest store, soooo what gives?" If a good investment was what he was looking for she could think of a couple of other locations that would make him a lot more money in the long run.