turning every day. Sometimes, I wondered why in the world I thought this would be a good business. Other days , I loved it. Today, mom had already flipped the bulk of them before I had arrived .
The bell on the door jingled and I walked to the front, hoping we actually had a customer. I should’ve known better, the majority of our non-commercial customers tended to place online orders or faxes from retail stores carrying our line . Echo Jones came walking towards me. I’d been consistently jealous of her beauty.
I’m not ugly by any means, but something about her made me hope I looked half as good as she did. Black leather seemed to hug her body in ways I could never achieve, constantly making me wish we’d been sisters. I wouldn’t feel so overshadowed and unfortunately, she was equally as beautiful on the other side of the Veil.
I was ecstatic to finally find someone to talk to. Some days I would’ve preferred to be alone, but I had too much on my mind. Echo offered a good distraction.
“Sup, Princess.” I grinned at her. Echo was striking. Her mousse brown hair framed her perfect face made up of large eyes, a little upturned nose and full lips. She had a dark complexion and never seemed to show any blemishes. Her plump breasts, small waist and ample hips on a petite frame made Echo the perfect mix of exotic beauty.
“Nothing much, thank you from saving me from death by boredom. We’re slow today.”
She began to laugh, “Sweetheart, we’re slow everyday.” I started chuckling too.
“You’re right.” She sat down behind the counter and positioned herself to start wrapping the cured soap waiting to be packaged, labeled and stocked out on the sales floor or tossed in a box to be shipped. She grabbed a piece of cellophane and a bar of purple lavender and began wrapping absentmindedly relying on me to place the final product appropriately .
“So, I heard you had a run in at the club. Drake mentioned a pair of winged, goodie-two-shoes harassed you yesterday. Drake also said Darius ran them off, but they knew exactly who the two of you were.” I bobbed my head.
“Boy, Drake’s got a big mouth. Yeah, that’s what happened. Damn Angels from the Order of the Seraphim show up and start bugging me about Neal and Warde. I’m telling you, I’m not helping any fucking Seraphim no matter how good looking they are.” She grinned at me like a Cheshire cat. She’d always had a slight crush on my Angels.
“Drake told me you’d been flirting with one of them, and you almost got busted by your hubby.” I put on my best-shocked face.
“I did no such thing.”
Echo went into hysterics, “Yeah, right. Drake must’ve gotten the details wrong . ” I tried to stifle my own laughter.
“Okay, I might have been, but he started it. You should’ve seen this Angel, Echo. You would’ve flirted with him too. He’s fucking gorgeous. He’s also got a great personality. I’m telling you, God hates women, or he wouldn’t make Angels so damn impressive.” She snorted.
“I’ve got to see this guy. I don’t think God was thinking about those things when he created his servants. No one wants to stare at an ugly steward. Wait, is he better looking than Neal and Warde?”
I tittered, “Pretty close to Warde, only without the bad attitude. His manner reminded me of Neal. Gideon’s the perfect combination of the two brothers.” Echo chewed on the thought for a moment .
“Damn.”
I nodded in agreement.
“Oh yeah. I need to leave early today. I’m the honored guest at an NA meeting. I’m seriously glad this is almost over with. I’m not sure how many more of these damn things I can take. I’d rather have gone to jail.” She started to laugh at me.
Princess or not, Echo had never tried to hide her true feelings, we had been best friends since childhood and it showed .
“You know, if you didn’t hang with such unsavory characters, you wouldn’t get slammed with court ordered treatment plans
The bell on the door jingled and I walked to the front, hoping we actually had a customer. I should’ve known better, the majority of our non-commercial customers tended to place online orders or faxes from retail stores carrying our line . Echo Jones came walking towards me. I’d been consistently jealous of her beauty.
I’m not ugly by any means, but something about her made me hope I looked half as good as she did. Black leather seemed to hug her body in ways I could never achieve, constantly making me wish we’d been sisters. I wouldn’t feel so overshadowed and unfortunately, she was equally as beautiful on the other side of the Veil.
I was ecstatic to finally find someone to talk to. Some days I would’ve preferred to be alone, but I had too much on my mind. Echo offered a good distraction.
“Sup, Princess.” I grinned at her. Echo was striking. Her mousse brown hair framed her perfect face made up of large eyes, a little upturned nose and full lips. She had a dark complexion and never seemed to show any blemishes. Her plump breasts, small waist and ample hips on a petite frame made Echo the perfect mix of exotic beauty.
“Nothing much, thank you from saving me from death by boredom. We’re slow today.”
She began to laugh, “Sweetheart, we’re slow everyday.” I started chuckling too.
“You’re right.” She sat down behind the counter and positioned herself to start wrapping the cured soap waiting to be packaged, labeled and stocked out on the sales floor or tossed in a box to be shipped. She grabbed a piece of cellophane and a bar of purple lavender and began wrapping absentmindedly relying on me to place the final product appropriately .
“So, I heard you had a run in at the club. Drake mentioned a pair of winged, goodie-two-shoes harassed you yesterday. Drake also said Darius ran them off, but they knew exactly who the two of you were.” I bobbed my head.
“Boy, Drake’s got a big mouth. Yeah, that’s what happened. Damn Angels from the Order of the Seraphim show up and start bugging me about Neal and Warde. I’m telling you, I’m not helping any fucking Seraphim no matter how good looking they are.” She grinned at me like a Cheshire cat. She’d always had a slight crush on my Angels.
“Drake told me you’d been flirting with one of them, and you almost got busted by your hubby.” I put on my best-shocked face.
“I did no such thing.”
Echo went into hysterics, “Yeah, right. Drake must’ve gotten the details wrong . ” I tried to stifle my own laughter.
“Okay, I might have been, but he started it. You should’ve seen this Angel, Echo. You would’ve flirted with him too. He’s fucking gorgeous. He’s also got a great personality. I’m telling you, God hates women, or he wouldn’t make Angels so damn impressive.” She snorted.
“I’ve got to see this guy. I don’t think God was thinking about those things when he created his servants. No one wants to stare at an ugly steward. Wait, is he better looking than Neal and Warde?”
I tittered, “Pretty close to Warde, only without the bad attitude. His manner reminded me of Neal. Gideon’s the perfect combination of the two brothers.” Echo chewed on the thought for a moment .
“Damn.”
I nodded in agreement.
“Oh yeah. I need to leave early today. I’m the honored guest at an NA meeting. I’m seriously glad this is almost over with. I’m not sure how many more of these damn things I can take. I’d rather have gone to jail.” She started to laugh at me.
Princess or not, Echo had never tried to hide her true feelings, we had been best friends since childhood and it showed .
“You know, if you didn’t hang with such unsavory characters, you wouldn’t get slammed with court ordered treatment plans
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