“I wouldn’t display these around here. People might get the wrong idea,” he said, flashing me with a brilliant smile. I wasn’t sure what idea anyone would get from this. I could get these on my own if I was willing to file the right forms. It wasn’t exactly top-secret information. Did he really think that he was doing me a huge favor here? It felt more like he was trying to placate a child, which did not sit well with me. I snatched the files from him. Everything in me wanted to read the files right then and there, but I didn’t want to give him the satisfaction after yesterday. His attitude had been a bit too smug for me. So I tucked the files into my backpack. Normally I didn’t carry a purse to the food truck. I didn’t have the storage for it on the truck, and I didn’t have the time to watch it constantly. So I just carried a backpack that included my license, a few dollars and my keys. In that way, I had my essentials, but I didn’t have as much to worry about in terms of theft.
