[He said he didn't care what she did for money so long as she didn't do it here, and she thought he meant it. She also thought that was a kind of naivete all its own, which was something coming from a girl like who whose life was pretend rainbows and fairy lights that she dug out of the discount bins. Small towns like this one, they didn't provide a whole pedigree of conversation unless it was the gossiping kind. Not to mention that with the multiple churches, there was enough judgement to go around her block twice. Bad looks came with the territory, but only if she ventured around the small town businesses in the light of day. She could go round the bars and the laundromat, the gas station too. The grocery store didn't exactly turn her away, but the cashiers were never real welcoming. The beauty salon and bank had both just ignored her until she left and never came back. So no, Destiny hadn't been sure where Nick's diner would fall on the chart of places that she could and could not go.] I don't know, maybe. Some people in this town don't care for me very much.
[But he was putting down the bricks of a deal just then, and Destiny listened as he outlined the ins and outs. Destiny glanced back in the direction of the kitchen window when pans clattered and the ornery man vocalized something like a grunt of agreement. She swallowed discomfort when Nick made a point of saying that she couldn't come in high. She figured he smelled it on her, and didn't go denying it, even if she didn't think smoking a little was anything like what went down at the trailer park where people walked around with potholes in their arms and speed-dug scabs on their skin.] I won't.
[When Nick asked about conditions, she sat back a little confused. She was plenty used to defining terms and rules on her own turf, but she didn't know anything about needing conditions for some straight kind of job like this.] I guess I don't have any… [But then:] Except, if I can't find a sitter for Wyatt, can I bring him in? He'll stay in a booth and won't be a problem. [Promise.]