while he sat anxiously in his car, he thought perhaps it was a stupid adolescent approach. What the hell am I doing? He cut the car off and quickly got out and walked with determined strides toward the grocery store entrance. There she was at her cashier station ringing up a customer. Her long natural red hair cascaded along her back. He surveyed her body from behind and began to get a little excited. He hadn’t felt that for a woman since his wife.
After he grabbed a basket, he walked down aisle five and got a loaf of bread. Next down aisle three and grabbed some lunch meat and cheese. Making sandwiches was his go to meal now, because he had gotten used to relying on his wife to cook a home cooked meal he didn’t know how to do it himself. All he needed next was some bottled water and soda.
He threw caution to the wind and walked boldly up to the register where Debra stood waiting for the next customer. When he saw her face it instantly brought a smile to his mouth. It seemed he hadn’t done much of that lately – smile.
“Good afternoon, did you find everything okay?” Debra asked after Pete approached and began to place his items on the conveyor.
“Would you go out on a date with me?” Pete blurted out. He felt stupid immediately afterwards and questioned whether that was the right approach or not. Damn! He shook his head in frustration.
“What?” Debra looked puzzled.
“Never mind, it was nothing,” Pete retreated. Embarrassment washed over him.
Debra looked at him questionably. She heard what he had asked, but wanted him to repeat it just so she was certain. She played it off as if it was nothing and started to ring up his groceries. Relief overwhelmed her.
Pete picked up his grocery bag, after the awkward few minutes it took to price and pay for his items, and like a sad puppy walked out of the store. He couldn’t believe he embarrassed his self like that. After getting married he thought he was done with dating for life, now he was back to square one and he hated it! This made him really miss his wife more and made him resent even more the man that ended her life. His whole life had been flipped upside down since Moriah’s death and a black man was the cause of that.
Chapter 15
The police department had given Pete the clear to reopen business but Carlisha still felt leery returning back to work days after the botched robbery. Everything in Pete’s office was cleaned up and had no trace of a person being shot when she apprehensively walked in to retrieve the cash drawer.
“Hey Carlisha,” Rachel walked quietly into the office then surveyed the area.
“It’s weird being in here after what happened, huh?”
“Yes! I wasn’t sure if I wanted to come in today. But Uncle Pete said everything was cleaned up and sure enough it looks like nothing happened.” Rachel walked over to her desk and rested her purse on it.
“I still can’t stop thinking about it though. I’ve been freaked out all weekend.” Carlisha stood at the door holding the cash drawer.
“Me too. But that’s why I still went on my trip to New York with my friends – it was a good distraction.”
“Yeah well I had some drama of my own here…” Carlisha said more so to herself than to Rachel who didn’t hear her.
“Do you think they’re going to catch the guy that ran away?”
“I hope so. Plus didn’t the girl rat him out?”
“I don’t pay either one of you to chit-chat all day!” Pete grumbled. He startled Carlisha when he walked past her after she stepped aside to let him in the office. “You should be getting the retail store ready for business,” Pete continued as he walked toward his desk.
“Sorry Uncle Pete. We were just talking about what happened on Friday.”
“All three of those bastards are in jail so no need to worry.” He sat behind his desk after he took his cellphone out of his pocket and placed it on the desk.
“Let everyone know we’ll be having a brief staff meeting at
After he grabbed a basket, he walked down aisle five and got a loaf of bread. Next down aisle three and grabbed some lunch meat and cheese. Making sandwiches was his go to meal now, because he had gotten used to relying on his wife to cook a home cooked meal he didn’t know how to do it himself. All he needed next was some bottled water and soda.
He threw caution to the wind and walked boldly up to the register where Debra stood waiting for the next customer. When he saw her face it instantly brought a smile to his mouth. It seemed he hadn’t done much of that lately – smile.
“Good afternoon, did you find everything okay?” Debra asked after Pete approached and began to place his items on the conveyor.
“Would you go out on a date with me?” Pete blurted out. He felt stupid immediately afterwards and questioned whether that was the right approach or not. Damn! He shook his head in frustration.
“What?” Debra looked puzzled.
“Never mind, it was nothing,” Pete retreated. Embarrassment washed over him.
Debra looked at him questionably. She heard what he had asked, but wanted him to repeat it just so she was certain. She played it off as if it was nothing and started to ring up his groceries. Relief overwhelmed her.
Pete picked up his grocery bag, after the awkward few minutes it took to price and pay for his items, and like a sad puppy walked out of the store. He couldn’t believe he embarrassed his self like that. After getting married he thought he was done with dating for life, now he was back to square one and he hated it! This made him really miss his wife more and made him resent even more the man that ended her life. His whole life had been flipped upside down since Moriah’s death and a black man was the cause of that.
Chapter 15
The police department had given Pete the clear to reopen business but Carlisha still felt leery returning back to work days after the botched robbery. Everything in Pete’s office was cleaned up and had no trace of a person being shot when she apprehensively walked in to retrieve the cash drawer.
“Hey Carlisha,” Rachel walked quietly into the office then surveyed the area.
“It’s weird being in here after what happened, huh?”
“Yes! I wasn’t sure if I wanted to come in today. But Uncle Pete said everything was cleaned up and sure enough it looks like nothing happened.” Rachel walked over to her desk and rested her purse on it.
“I still can’t stop thinking about it though. I’ve been freaked out all weekend.” Carlisha stood at the door holding the cash drawer.
“Me too. But that’s why I still went on my trip to New York with my friends – it was a good distraction.”
“Yeah well I had some drama of my own here…” Carlisha said more so to herself than to Rachel who didn’t hear her.
“Do you think they’re going to catch the guy that ran away?”
“I hope so. Plus didn’t the girl rat him out?”
“I don’t pay either one of you to chit-chat all day!” Pete grumbled. He startled Carlisha when he walked past her after she stepped aside to let him in the office. “You should be getting the retail store ready for business,” Pete continued as he walked toward his desk.
“Sorry Uncle Pete. We were just talking about what happened on Friday.”
“All three of those bastards are in jail so no need to worry.” He sat behind his desk after he took his cellphone out of his pocket and placed it on the desk.
“Let everyone know we’ll be having a brief staff meeting at
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