QUOTE : You’re saying Felix Callahan is your best friend? Holy—” And the waitress said a word that Becky wouldn’t want repeated.<br /><br />Becky did her best not to tsk like an old lady, but she couldn’t help a pointed sniff . “Well, I wouldn’t go that far.”<br /><br />Felix came up from behind. “I would.”<br /><br />The waitress turned red and scurried away. Becky glared at him.<br /><br />“What,” he said, “you don’t think our friendship merits a few expletives?”<br /><br />“That kind of language shows a baseness of mind and lack of creativity.”<br /><br />“Or a lust for life. You can feel your pulse beat in the harder words. Sometimes you just have to dig in and curse until you are blue.” His voice was rising, audible to the tables nearby, and he raised his hand in a fist. “Go on, cut your teeth on them. Say it with me now. Holy sh——”<br /><br />She put her hand over his mouth. “Enough,” she whispered loudly.<br /><br />She removed her hand.<br /><br />He picked up the bill, glancing over it casually, then whispered, “—