He chuckled. “Get back to work.”
“You found the spark plugs?”
He held them up. “Sure did. Thanks for the help.”
I gave him a two fingered salute. “No problem.”
I walked back out to the front and Gloria smiled. “Did he find them?”
“Right where they were yesterday,” I said.
“And the day before?”
I chuckled. “Exactly.”
“Men.”
“Right?”
“He’s cute though.” She sighed. “I’d be happy to show him where to put his spark plug any old day.”
I tried not to vomit in my mouth as I rolled my eyes and moved on with my day.
* * *
“You ready?” Cash asked as I grabbed my purse from the locked drawer behind the desk.
“Um, yes,” I said. “I think so.”
“We’ll lock up, Glo,” Cash said.
“You got plans tonight, Cash?” Gloria cooed.
“Yeah.”
“You wanna change them and have a little fun?”
“No.”
Her face fell and she looked like she might cry, so I stepped away, hiding in the back room, out of sight, but still within earshot.
“Look, Gloria, you’ve been comin’ on a little strong lately, and I wanna get something straight. You and I will never happen. I don’t wanna sound harsh, but you need to focus your efforts on someone else. You’re pretty enough and you seem cool, but I’m not the one, you got it?”
She sputtered a little and I bit my lip to keep from making any noise.
“I don’t want to hurt your feelings, but I really need to hear you acknowledge what I’m saying,” Cash continued.
“Yeah, Cash, I hear you. And fuck you by the way.”
I heard the bell over the door jingle, then Cash muttering, “Good talk.”
I peeked out of the supply room door finding him alone before making my way to him. “Ooph, that was rough.”
He threw his hands in the air. “I tried to be nice.”
“On you, honey.”
“Right. Shit, sorry.”
