It was, but he liked her smile. He didn’t want to argue with her. It was nice to think of today’s weirdness as something he was doing as a favor to her. “No, no, of course. Happy to help out.”

“I’ll see you bright and early tomorrow morning, maybe a moment earlier than usual to get you ready, okay?” she asked.

“And remember, nice and smooth. Good night!”

“Good night,” he said, happy to be done with the conversation. She was exasperatingly direct about things! The embarrassment had taken a toll on him today. He started packing up his things.