Doit de seigneur

Sofia couldn’t resist taking over the conversation as she knew the waiter would be back soon for their food orders.

“Choose what you’re having, Paolo; the waiter will be back again pretty soon. Let me see if I’ve got this right. So I guess that Conor’s dad must have moved in on his own son’s girl. What an utter bastard! Who would do that? Well, a Flaherty, that’s who!”

Paolo’s nod as he kept studying the menu confirmed that Sofia had got it right, in both respects.

She continued. “But that still doesn’t explain how Conor knew about the sparkler!”