“Buy whatever you want. I’ll add you to my Amex account.” A startled laugh burst out of me. “I was kidding about—about the books. I don’t need—” “If you don’t order the books, I will.” He wasn’t being serious. About any of it. I knew that. Even so, I said, “Okay, but don’t be surprised if you see some major bookstore charges coming your way.” “Even if you ordered class sets of every second-grade book you could ever want, that would still cost less than the jewelry Wren selected for you.”
