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"Chunky ones is hoot both," Lorraine said, exasperated, though Sophie was beginning to suspect she enjoyed being exasperated by Russell

"Okay Hash browns With a side of apple sauce, and sour creaht," Sophie ed to say Barely Because of the sudden lump in her throat Hash browns, basically latkes, with applesauce and sour cream? This was Hanukkah food

"How did you know?" Sophie asked when she’d recovered

"Genius thing, called a calendar," he said "It’s got all kinds of intel"

"The dates, e Where are you really fro a brother from Texas can’t know about latkes?"

"I’ll bet it’s a violation of several state statutes, actually," Sophie said

Russell laughed "Probably right I used to date a Jewish girl"

Well then "So they have Jews in Texas?"

"This wasn’t Texas"

"Oh" Now that she thought about it, he didn’t sound like he was from Texas But she didn’t sound like she was from New York, either People on cauessed her accent, at least, wasn’t so big city "So where are you really from then?"

"Really from? Not sure I’ to be ?"

"You’re James Bond But even he’s from somewhere"

His face seeh to be from there" Then he listed a roster of places he had lived: Dubai, Seoul, Amman, Mexico City, and, stateside, North Dakota, Colorado, and most recently, Houston, Texas "My father’s in the oil business," Russell added

"Oh, I thought…" Sophie began as her brain fully digested yet another thing that should’ve been obvious Russell was rich Why had she had thought he was on scholarship, when all evidence pointed to the contrary?