Chapter 28. Stranger
‘‘This restaurant has earned a reputation for having excellent food...’’ Blade remarked as he sat down and handed me the menu with an excited smile on his face.
As I took the menu from his hand, I nervously bit the lower part of my lip. My scowl deepened as I looked over the list of the foods that were on the menu. Each individual dish costs not lower than forty-five dollars to purchase. It was too terrifying to order cuisine of this kind in this establishment.
‘‘A penny for your thoughts?’’ The guy asked me, undoubtedly realizing that I was hesitating to order. ‘‘Is there something that's not quite right?’’
‘‘No way, not even close...’’ I smiled awkwardly as I handed back the menu to him. This guy is here to swindle a lunch out of me, isn’t he? How did he even find a place this remote? My wallet was already crying at the prices on this menu.
Blade took the menu from me and proceeded to place an order for some of the restaurant's most well-known a
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