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12-24-2009, 06:56 AM
I blush and start to mutter an apology to Cathy about the line but Trey cuts me off, her voice low, "I'd have to say you're worth saving them for. Pick you up at 7?"
I barely manage to nod. "I live right over on State Street, above the Laundromat."
"That's convenient." She nods at the counter in front of us. "So what do I owe you?"
"Oh...Uh, I uh..." I try in vain to quickly add up her purchases, put everything into bags and not notice the way she's looking at me. "Eleven-fifty."
She hands me a twenty and waits patiently as I count back her change. "See you at Friday."
I nod. "Ok."
I don't realize I'm holding my breath until Cathy elbows me and says, "How about you roll that tongue back in and bag some of those turnips for Mrs. Morris?" I glance at her, ready with apologies and promises to not let it happen again, but she just shakes her head and chuckles.
I barely manage to nod. "I live right over on State Street, above the Laundromat."
"That's convenient." She nods at the counter in front of us. "So what do I owe you?"
"Oh...Uh, I uh..." I try in vain to quickly add up her purchases, put everything into bags and not notice the way she's looking at me. "Eleven-fifty."
She hands me a twenty and waits patiently as I count back her change. "See you at Friday."
I nod. "Ok."
I don't realize I'm holding my breath until Cathy elbows me and says, "How about you roll that tongue back in and bag some of those turnips for Mrs. Morris?" I glance at her, ready with apologies and promises to not let it happen again, but she just shakes her head and chuckles.