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The question brought a laugh to the woman’s lips before she shook her head. “Not even a little chance. I’d never give up any of my recipes.” She commented, a small shake of her head. “I’ve worked too hard on them to just give them away.” 

“I respect that. It’s very ‘a magician never gives away their tricks’,” she compared with a chuckle. “But it was still worth a shot.”

“That’s what I’m trying to tell people, if they want to read and pitch this kind of content then they should get in touch with Buzzfeed.” Elena sighed, rubbing her temples before looking up at the other. “Far too often, when I first started out I should have written under a different byline, maybe I wouldn’t be harassed then.”

Gwyneth found herself snorting in amusement at the other’s comment, taking a dig at Buzzfeed and its articles. “Oh yeah, that would’ve been smart. But you couldn’t have known back then. All you can do is pick and choose the stories you tell now.”

“Oh um… well something happened during the barbecue,” Harvey began, “Long story short, I was on the beach and I saw these white pebbles and then suddenly I was panicking and I wanted to make sure someone called Gretel was safe. But I don’t know a Gretel,” He pinched the bridge of his nose, “I sound crazy, don’t I?”

“Coffee sounds great,” Pietro said with a smile, “Let’s go.”

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“I don’t care how cute your pet is, this isn’t going to be a story I’m reporting.” Elena argued with the other, rubbing the bridge of her nose as they droned on. “Look, I said no, I mean no, now either drop it or leave me alone.”

“Who in their right mind would want an article written about their pet?” Gwyneth asked once the other finally gave up and left Elena alone. “Like that is genuinely the first time I’ve ever seen an exchange like that. Is this a common occurrence for you?”

“I understand you came in for a specific kind of biscuits, but unfortunately we’re out of those today, but there is no need to be upset.” She explained to the customer in front of her. “We have plenty of flavors that you can try! And they pair up with many of our tea flavors.” 

“That’s a shame,” she acknowledged with a sigh and a light pout. The corners of Gwyneth’s mouth suddenly began to turn upwards at a new thought, “Any chance I can convince you to spill a recipe secret? Even if I promise not to then go and bake it over at Granny’s?”

“Well we don’t have to hang out now if you need to go home and get some sleep,” Pietro said, “We can do this another time, I don’t want to keep you awake.”

Instead of answering her question, Harvey asked a different one, “Do we know anyone called Gretel?” He didn’t even think about it before he asked.

“Absolutely.” He assured her though with a smile. “After all, now you don’t have to ever use your keys again. Might save you in the long run. Besides… Illegal? That’s a pretty big word for something so small, isn’t it?”

“I’m not a forgetful person so having my keys on me isn’t a problem,” she replied, raising her brow. “And it’s not small if somebody goes using this on a stranger’s car, don’t you agree?”

Pietro’s smiled dropped and he moved back a little, “ Yeah sure. Is everything okay, Gwyn?”

“Are you sure? I would hate to have missed something important,” Harvey said and then shook his head, “No, no more coffee. I’ll be awake all night.”

“And then you just give it a quick zap with both of the green and red wires and then… Start!” As he spoke the car suddenly started with just a trick of Aladdin’s special touch. He looked at the other with a chuckle and a smile. “You see? You’ll never need to find your keys again if you remember that.”

“Do you really think it’s wise of you to show others how to hotwire a care?” Gwyneth commented looking to the other slightly alarmed. “This is technically illegal stuff.”

“Are you sure you wanna do this?” Pietro asked, raising his brow in a challenging manner, “I’m really good at this.”

“Um… what the hell are you talking about?”

“I uh… Nothing. I just had a weird dream is all,” Harvey shrugged, “What were you saying?”

“I’m a little confused,” Gwyneth replied. But that was a lie. She was very confused. “How exactly do you expect me to help you?”