"Well, only sort of," Sam said with a wave of his hand. "It's a long story and hard to explai--Steve?" he stopped and looked at her with a wide-eyed gaze. "He's here? Man! What sort of shit is he trying to pull?" Sam then threw up his hands and looked indignant.
"So this is his prank? I'll kill him. I won't, have you seen him? But I'll try!" The man looked somewhere between angry and amused before simmering down.