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She had no time for either.

Calling herself all sorts of stupid, Laurel turned to the others, taking down Matthew’s omelet, Mac’s eggs, bacon, and toast, and Cooper’s usual stack of pancakes big enough to make a nutritionist cry, and they all requested a side of biscuits and gravy. Except for Bennett.

Whatever. His loss.

Before she turned to leave, Cooper leaned forward with a grin. “So, Laurel, what’s the random fact of the day?”

She arched a brow. “Oh, we’re doing this now?”

Her mind was full of them, and gift or curse, she shared them with anyone who’d listen and even some who didn’t.

“Absolutely.” Mac smiled, and the sheriff nodded.

“Yeah.” Matthew smirked. “You’ve been spouting them off all week. We need our daily dose.”

Laurel tapped her pencil against the order pad, pretending to consider. “All right, let’s see…Do you know how much a jiffy is in an actual unit of time?”

Blank stares.

Mac exhaled through his nose and reached for his coffee. Cooper squinted at her like she was making it up. Matthew just frowned.

Bennett, however, spoke up without hesitation. “One-hundredth of a second.”

She arched a brow as surprise rippled through her. “Oh, look at you,” she teased, grinning. “Cuteandsmart.”

And she was dumb and stupid.

What was with her today?

Laurel sighed inwardly. She really needed to work on thinking before speaking.

Cooper snorted, nudging Bennett with his elbow. “Damn, Vaughn, you been studying trivia in your downtime?”

Bennett just held her gaze, calm and steady. “Is that a compliment or an insult?”

Instead of answering, Laurel smirked. “You up for another one?”

His lips twitched, barely there. “Go for it.”

Her pulse hiccupped without her permission.

Bugger.

“All right, big guy.” She leaned in slightly. “What’s a group of flamingos called?”

Matthew scoffed. “Oh, hell, that can’t be a real thing.”

Bennett didn’t even blink. “A flamboyance.”

Seriously?

Once again, surprise rippled through Laurel. Most people never answered one of her questions correctly, let alone two in a row.

Whowasthis guy?

Her frown was quick, exaggerated. “Get out of my head, Vaughn.”

Cooper burst out laughing. “Holy hell. Bennett, man, what is this? Have you been secretly training for a trivia championship?”