"I don't want to push you into thinking you had to work at Wonderland. Or that... I'd set you up for a job. I'd like-" he catches himself again, choosing his words with care. "I hoped you want to but I didn't want you to feel as if I'd pushed you into it."

"Alice and Jared have been managing the place for a while. And they've been doing a great job. I know Jared wants to go back to school, to pursue his talents as a chef and that will mean stepping back a bit. And what I do is... so uncertain. I guess I hoped someday the three of you could take over, as co-owners. If that's how things turn out."