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I could tell that ht her by surprise but this was a business, not a tourist attraction

“Is that okay?” She hunched her shoulders forward and shoved her hands into her pocket, in an effort to look uess

“Sure But if you’re not a custos to do” She seemed surprised but not offended when I went back to inventory slips that really didn’t need to be dealt with today, but busy work

She walked around the shop carefully A little too carefully I kept an eye on her, watching as she looked at everything then fingered several of the aze wasn’t on the brushes or the palettes in front of her, but on the ceiling More specifically, she was looking at the corners and light fixtures, for what, I had no clue but she was definitely searching for so

She piqued h to make up my mind to do more than keep an eye on her I pulled my phone from my skirt

I have an interesting visitor I sent Cross the quick, vague text e because he seemed so stressed lately that I knew he’d want to know this, even if I was reluctant to pass on any information

Yeah, who?

I sirl, twenty-ish with dark hair and blonde highlights Skiator

His response caht there

I should have known theMy house, not the shop I had to be careful on the off chance that so, because clearly they knew Jana, and possibly Rocky too, liked to hang out here

“Thanks for letting me look around You have a super cute shop!” With a wave and a blinding sone

My shoulders sank in relief the ht That girl was soirl who tried that hard to be sexy usually ended up with men who had warped views of femininity and sexuality It wasn’t my problem but I committed her face to memory just in case it became my problem

A tap at the back door interrupted my fifteen minutes of alone time I knew it had to be Cross because Jana was the only other person who knew about the back entrance A quick peek through the back door and I gave Cross the high sign to give n in the fronttelling customers I would “Be back later”

“Hey,” Cross said the minute I stepped outside

“Hey,” I said back, unsure how to respond to him after our…encounter And he stood there all expressionless like we hadn’t had the most incredible sex of my life the last timeeach other Well, if he could do it then I could too We walked the short distance toout of the ordinary had happened between us