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"Oooh I read that one last year You should definitely get it" The acco cashier peeked over s"

The door chimed and I looked up to see a petite blond wo S brown eyes, and a shape that would leaveat one of Shakespeare’s fairies brought to life

"Can I help you?" Helpful Heather pounced on the new customer

"Mm Do you have the local paper? No one else on this block has one" Her voice was low and sultry She had a very upper crust London accent

"Let o check in the back" The rapt clerk disappeared behind a curtain leaving me with the well-dressed wo about herat her and smiled

"Can you believe no one has the paper? I’ for a place to stay" Her voice was friendly, it hit every note that it should, and every hair ononline"

"Oh, American!" She held out her hand "I’uess if she tried to put me in a headlock I could just step on her

"Taylor" I held outfor nize enuinely friendly, I was sure she was acting She pointed at the book I had forgotten I was still holding "I love that author I buy everything of hers She writes the best happy endings"

"I’ve got one left, if you don’t mind a few bent corners" Helpful Heather reappeared

"Oh, that would be perfect I just need the real estate section" Jilly turned her bright smile on Heather She paid for her paper and turned back to us at the door "Nice to meet you, Taylor! Maybe I’ll see you around"

"Good luck with your house hunt" I s paranoid Okay, I was being paranoid, but that didn’t uilty of so up on it I looked back at the book in ured I could really use a happy ending at that point I sat the book on my stack and looked back around the shop

"Feel like you’re forgetting so?" Heather tilted her head in syedto look like a giant ass It had been al to wonder "Makeup! That’s what I’ at the cosrimace when I found the se?" Helpful Heather asked

"Can you believe it? And I had sos to wear for…well, you know" I tried to chuckle but it sounded demented I really couldn’t lie