Chapter 27

After the morning rounds, they went back to the office and Alice went about for office gossip.

"I'm beat,"Chase said as he landed in the chair with a thud. One of the rooms he cleaned, a woman made him tear the whole place upside down, twice, in search for her ring which at the end, was sitting pretty inside her purse. He pulled out the two hundred dollar bills which she had tipped him afterward and sniffed it. "Nice reward," he said and pocketed the money back.

"Tell me about it," Evelyn grumbled, also sounding tired from her rounds.

"You know what would make us better? He asked and his eyes twinkled in amusement.

"Coffee!" They both said in unison.

"Don't worry, I got it," he said and stood up when she made a move to get the coffee started.

That had become their daily routine. Morning rounds, coffee afterwards, more rounds, lunch at the cafeteria, more rounds, then final round and close. Usually, Evelyn was the one that made the coffee but that day, he wanted to do something for her