Blind Trust
“I stood looking up at it and not remembering hearing the sound before. I would have noticed it, I knew I would have.
“Earl fixed it finally last night,” Martha informed me.
I turned to look at her and the bustling café. The crossed ski and hammer on the wall caught my eye again. “Thank cotton for that. Thought I needed to go back to the—”
I clamped my mouth shut.
Not a good idea. The last thing I needed was to go spilling my guts about being an inmate.
Martha didn’t seem to notice me cutting my... sentence. She flitted about the customers like one of those honey bees but less cranky. I followed her path through the place. The pioneer flavor washed over me. She matched the décor. Hard working, kind-hearted, and hardy. Her red hair was all curls and tucked under one of those nets that catering folk wore. Her uniform was a white shirt and black skirt with an apron hung over the front—the same symbol of that hammer and ski like an emblem. As I watched her bustling between the tables and booths, I could see the energy she left in her wake.MoreLess
“Earl fixed it finally last night,” Martha informed me.
I turned to look at her and the bustling café. The crossed ski and hammer on the wall caught my eye again. “Thank cotton for that. Thought I needed to go back to the—”
I clamped my mouth shut.
Not a good idea. The last thing I needed was to go spilling my guts about being an inmate.
Martha didn’t seem to notice me cutting my... sentence. She flitted about the customers like one of those honey bees but less cranky. I followed her path through the place. The pioneer flavor washed over me. She matched the décor. Hard working, kind-hearted, and hardy. Her red hair was all curls and tucked under one of those nets that catering folk wore. Her uniform was a white shirt and black skirt with an apron hung over the front—the same symbol of that hammer and ski like an emblem. As I watched her bustling between the tables and booths, I could see the energy she left in her wake.MoreLess
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