I immediately got to my feet and took Remi’s place behind his counter.
He was busy writing down a bulk order from the customer on-call, so I’d have to be the one to handle the incoming crowd.
I realized that I hadn’t responded to Myles’s last message, so as I waited for one of my customers to pick something for me to box for them, I quickly sent out a text.
Me:The usual morning rush has started. If I don’t text you for a while, know that I’m busy schmoozing and making money.
Beauty:You got it. But try to get off your feet a little, okay? It’s still your second day, and I read online that it’s a painful one:/
Ugh, he was too sweet.
Me:I promise:’)
Beauty:Good. I gotta go piece together one of your bookshelves. Text me when you’re free.
Me:Will do.
I slid my phone into my back pocket, and grinned broadly as Mrs. Hudson, one of my regulars, stepped in front of the counter and rattled off her order to me, while a group of others waited behind her for their turn.
Hoo,boy.
It was going to be alongday, that was for sure.
33.Under-skin of A Cock
If the Earth is a massive ball-sack, then the women’s sanitary essentials aisle is the under-skin of a cock right after an orgasm…
I have no idea why I said that, or what it even means, but my brain decided to stop functioning when I entered the women’s section inWalmart, so my thought-vomit had taken a dark and twisted turn.
My deepest, most sincerest apologies.
I was standing in front of pads. Packets, upon packets, upon packets of pads.
So many pads.
So.
Fucking.
Many.
My eyes were being assaulted by wrappers that were black and pink and purple and blue and green and… What the hell kind of color evenwasthat?!
Peach?
Orange?
Sherbet?
RETINAL DEATH?
I dragged both my hands over my face and considered ringing for backup. My mom wasn’t an option, because there wasnowayI was asking her if I should get Rina an S, M, or XL pad. Sienna would think I’m crazy if I consulted her about this, and Rina would probably reach out of my phone and breathe fire into my eyeballs if I texted her about her…size preference.
Which meant I had only one option left.
“Myles! Oh, dearie, if only you’d warned me beforehand about the video call, I’d have found a secluded place for us to chat,” Daniel said after picking up my call.
FYI: I was regretting this already.
