"All right, I give in, complain away and I shall soothe you with sweets," Philip said with a chuckle as if that wasn't what he did all the time anyway. He had no complaints about it, though. If anything, he wished Harper would come around a little more often.

Philip ate a bit of the chicken pie that Harper had discarded in favor of the turkey. "You have a point there - should I start charging you a fee plus interest?" He asked teasingly. Not that he ever would, he provided food for Harper free of charge and free of complaint.