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“Is that rude to just make someone move things around?”
“Not when she can tell people Gabriel Prince’s fiancee is a client.”
“Oh,” I don’t really say much more than that. I’m not used to people doing things for me at the drop of a hat. “Honestly, I can style my own hair,” I tell him.
But, Mayer doesn’t respond because he’s already speaking to someone in his bluetooth earpiece.
He pulls away, and I watch the scenery roll past my window as he drives me toward Sonya’s Salon.
“Wait,” I say, at a red light, pointing to a quaint shop on the side of the road. “Can we go there?”
Mayer looks over at the blue, cottage-style building. “A kite shop?”
“Yeah, just to check it out,” I say.
Mayer makes the right into the near empty lot, and parks.
“Be right back,” I tell him. I hop out before he can get my door, because waiting for someone to open it for me is just too strange.
The door chimes when I enter, and a burly man looks up from stocking a shelf near the cash register.
“Hi.” I wave to him.
“Hi. Need help finding anything?” he asks.
“I’m not sure yet.”
He smiles. “There’s a lot to choose from.”
I’ll say. I know Gabriel loves his drones, so I wanted to grab Tennyson a kite to fly in the yard. I thought it would be simple, step in here and buy a kite, but there’s just so many different types.
“What would I get for a four-year-old just starting out?” I ask.
He smiles and the crow’s feet adorning each eye deepen. He moves closer to me and grabs a kite from a wall display. “This here is a good starter kite.”
“Perfect. I’ll take it.”
He leads me back to the cash register. “It’s a lot of fun,” he says as he rings me up, extolling the virtues of kite flying.
I nod. And then I try to imagine what Gabriel finds so fun about flying his drones around. Is it the control? Is it the feeling of freedom watching it soar? If I had to guess, I would think it’s the control. Gabriel likes it. Well, I’ll be the one thing he won’t be able to bend to his will.
