Yellow Ceramic Mug and Red Silk Scarf in a Red Buick

saying to the young man behind the counter. “Just charge it to Clara’s house account, please. We are doing the whole interior.”

I stepped up to the counter and laid my hand flat on the laminate surface, right next to Nicole’s leather purse.

“Do not pull those cans from the back, Leo,” I said to the clerk.

Nicole whirled around, her teeth continue reading …