"Of course I paid my share!" And now that he thought of it, he probably overpaid a little. Thanks Vala. Thanks a lot. And his foot still hurt. "You did that on purpose?! Why? if money's a problem, I wouldn't have minded paying for you this time."

So Vala used him like a distraction just to scam someone. He should've known. Now the wink made more sense. Daniel should probably get used it, to getting used, but the truth was it never quite got old. Figuring out you just got had never felt routine. Eva had only done the same thing earlier. Well, sort of. At least Vala hadn't gone far as Eva, or done something so inhuman, or so unacceptable. Scamming someone out of food was much less worse than inadvertently helping someone get tortured, and all just because Eva had to get her rocks off. Maybe he was a little bitter. Scratch that, still very bitter. What Vala did wasn't right, but he could deal with it better.

Daniel let go, but moved to block her way out, just in case she felt like making a run for it, then saw there wasn't any point. All she had to do was turn around and go out the back. Good thinking, Jackson. Maybe she didn't notice yet.

There was one bright side to this. If this really was a performance...

"So... not married then?" Daniel asked hopefully.