Troy took the bait. "Where did you go to school?"
"San Jose State. I'm originally from the L.A. area but I wanted to get away from home while still taking advantage of the instate tuition. What about you? Are you in school?" Eden asked casually.
He didn't respond for nearly thirty seconds. "Nah, I'm trying to pursue an alternative career path. This helps pay the bills while I get it off the ground."
Alternative career path? That was a cleverly worded way of saying he was a starving artist of some sort.
"Actor, musician, or artist?" she blurted before she could stop herself.
It wasn't as if she could see any facial expressions with the mascot head on but Troy seemed surprised based on the limited body language she could see. "Musician. How did you guess so quickly?"
Thank goodness he didn't seem to be offended. "It was the way you worded that. Sorry. I didn't mean to be rude."
