Cathy stopped in her tracks, head cocking to the side as she considered Lindsey's answer and wondered briefly if that was a lawyer joke she hadn't heard. Then, she waved a hand. "The coyote stops gnawing on you once your dead," she finished proudly.
She wasn't sure if he was being entirely genuine, scrutinizing his face before replying doubtfully, "I'm the only girl you call 'babe'?" With as much as the endearment got thrown around in her high school, she found it hard to believe.