She jabbed at the screen, keeping on the auto accept, but resetting the dollar minimum.Forty-five dollars.It might not be good enough for Urban Stems, but it’s good enough for me. At least for now.“All right ladies, let’s regroup. I’m going to call the truck for more flowers. We’ll get the other two designers in here, I’ll see if they can start today, and the other driver. Once we hit the halfway point of this stack, I’m turning the orders back on.”
Hedda whooped. “You know, if it stays like this, we might never need to unlock the door! That reallyisthe dream!”
Sumi walked to the front of the shop with a tight smile, lest any of them see the tears welling in her eyes.Is that what you’re going to do? You have this beautiful shop, and you’re just going to keep the door locked all the time, churning out online vases and baskets?She took a deep breath, attempting to steady herself as she picked up the phone to call the blue-haired goblin. Before she lifted it to her ear, Ranar’s voice hissed through her head.You’re nothing but a bouquet sweatshop.The tears overflowed.
It was someone’s dream, maybe.
But it certainly wasn’t what she had envisioned for herself.
PinksPosies&Pearls:I’m so happy you’re having a good visit with her.
It’s amazing how perceptive kids that age are, isn’t it?
Sometimes students would be even more hooked into the staff gossip than some teachers.
Just based on body language and tone of voice!
They could tell who got along and who didin’t and who was fucking the gym teacher.
And they were always right.
Fwiw, I would totally hit on you if you were wearing that sign.
It actually telegraphs a lot.
For starters, you love your kid, and that’s the sexiest thing a single dad can do.
PinksPosies&Pearls:It shows you have good self awareness
Questionable at relationships isn’t necessarily BAD at them
That’s workable, women love a challenge.
And like, you made a kid so obviously everything is in good working order below the belt.
It shows you’ve had sex with another person before
That’s more than some of these guys can say??
so you probably have realistic standards.
I’d give you my number for sure.
Acceptance is the First Step
Ranar
“She’s going to put me out of business. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when.”
Grace frowned, her blue eyes narrowing as she tried to find a hole in his logic large enough for her to stick her shot glass through, wrinkling her nose when there was none.
Ruma had been overjoyed when Grace turned up that evening, delivering a tote bag patterned with that same damned bubble tea-sipping rabbit and a discreet bottle of tequila behind her back. Ruma insisted her favorite human stay for dinner, and Grace’s beaming smile and bubbly personality distracted long enough for Ranar to lean against the sink and close his eyes, resting his face for a few moments.
He wasnotgoing to let his daughter’s summer with him be ruined by this, he’d promised himself. That meant putting on a cheerful, brave face each and every day — for her, for his oblivious parents, for the whole damned family, keeping every plate spinning without falter, and he was exhausted from the effort of smiling when all he wanted to do was sulk.
Once Ruma went to bed, Grace cracked open the bottle, her smile flattening out. The transformation was so swift, it might have been comical under different circumstances.
“Okay, let’s strategize. How bad is this going to be?”
