Chapter 38 At The Store

• I hurried to the store entrance, puffing up, mad at him for abandoning me there in his car, and then I scrambled after him, my bag slapping my right thigh.
• When the bell softly rang to signal my arrival, Tyrone and Mrs. Holman turned to face me from across the counter. Tyrone's sea-green eyes simply seemed bored, while her azure eyes were filled with confusion and desire.
• "Seraphina! What a pleasant surprise!" she exclaimed, giving me the same weekly greeting I had been receiving for the previous eight years that I had been working in this small boutique.