Summary

Chapter 6

For a change of pace, for their fourth weekly meal together, Laura takes Maurice to her apartment. She figures he's never had a good home cooked meal before. She's right. She asks him to set the table, and he fumbles with it for a minute before asking her to teach him how to do it.

He's eyeballing a bottle of loose change she's been collecting in a jar. She takes it that this is a good time to set some ground rules. She says that she wants to be Maurice's friend, and a friendship is based on trust.

He only eats half of his meal. When she asks if he likes it, he says he does. He just wants to take the rest home to his mother. She tells him to finish it, because she has another serving ready to go home...