Now And Then Friends
“Dan didn’t look up from the Lottery cards he was feeding into the dispenser. “So?”
“So she’s come in every morning since I started working here,” Claire said. She straightened, rubbing the ache in her lower back. She was almost finished stacking the newspapers.
“Which is all of four weeks,” Dan pointed out.
“Still, she’s made a big deal of it. Haven’t you noticed? She gets all dressed up. . . .”
“She wears the same thing every day.”
“But she looks smart,” Claire insisted. “W...hy wouldn’t she come today?”
“She’s on holiday?”
“She would have canceled her paper, then.”
“She’s ill.”
“Exactly,” Claire said. “What if she’s really ill? She lives all alone—”
“Let me guess,” Dan interjected dryly.MoreLess
“So she’s come in every morning since I started working here,” Claire said. She straightened, rubbing the ache in her lower back. She was almost finished stacking the newspapers.
“Which is all of four weeks,” Dan pointed out.
“Still, she’s made a big deal of it. Haven’t you noticed? She gets all dressed up. . . .”
“She wears the same thing every day.”
“But she looks smart,” Claire insisted. “W...hy wouldn’t she come today?”
“She’s on holiday?”
“She would have canceled her paper, then.”
“She’s ill.”
“Exactly,” Claire said. “What if she’s really ill? She lives all alone—”
“Let me guess,” Dan interjected dryly.MoreLess
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