It was no wonder Claude and Simon had been friends. They both had a catch for trouble. Rose had been a bit of a troublemaker as a child, bit she hadn't actually gone criminal.
She did not return the greeting but pursed her lips, hands still on her hips. "I didn't know you'd opened a shop," she said, voice thick with irony. The fact that Claude was older did not scare her off. Rose too believed herself to be a responsible adult, and she was determined to keep idiots like Claude out of prison.