It was maybe a good thing that he was having such a hard time settling on something to get for Max. ...He'd have hated to ruin the surprise, coming out of a store with it in hand, bumping into the man himself like this.

(Though that would have been the only sore point.)

Grinning - that instant warmth in him again - he moved out of the way of the door and reached into the breast pocket of his coat.

"I did," he replied, pulling his card free. Unfolding it, he showed it to him. "Seems most of us did."