Charlie chuckled. "It's not too much—more like cutting corners. We're friends with Albert, aren't we? Gotta freeload off him once in a while."

"Is that really okay?" Claire quickly asked.

Charlie shrugged. "What's not okay about it? He still owes me a favor from when I traveled out of state for a Feng Shui consultation with his friend."

Claire sighed in exasperation. "Isn't that the other way around? The way I see it, you're the one who owes him for giving you such a lucrative job…"

Charlie