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He got back to work, priced up the product that was needed and went to stock it in the store.
For a Friday at ten, it was busy.
He was moving some wine bottles around to put the most recent in the back. “Can you help me find something?”
“Sure,” he said, turning to look at the woman.
“Cal? Is that you?”
“Hi, Megan,” he said.
“How have you been?” Megan said. “I haven’t seen you in years.”
They’d gone to school together. He always thought she was hot, but she didn’t want much to do with him.
She was out partying and having a good time. Often getting in trouble and doing shit that he knew would have him listening to multiple lectures from his parents.
Besides, she never had a job during school. Her parents didn’t make her. She kind of looked down on others that did.
His parents would have given him things, but he wanted to earn his own money so he could make the decisions on how to spend it himself.
“I’m good,” he said. “How about you?”
“Great,” Megan said. “Wonderful. Just ditched my husband and am back in the area and my life couldn’t be any better.”
He wanted to ask if she had to recite that to herself daily to make it true with as hard as she was stressing the words.
“Sorry about the ex,” he said.
“Don’t be sorry,” Megan said. Her eyes were looking him over. “I can’t believe you’re still working here. I guess you never left.”
He held back the snort. She would have figured he was an employee over the owner. She wouldn’t have bothered much about what happened to him after school.
“Never left,” he said. It wasn’t technically a lie.
“If you aren’t doing anything tonight, or this weekend, maybe we can get together for old times’ sake.”
“I’ve got plans,” he said. Again, not a lie. He could have changed the day with his grandfather but would never do that.
Especially not for a woman that had no other interest than being a bedmate.
He wasn’t stupid. He could see it in her eyes. It wasn’t him and never had been him.
“Are you seeing someone?” Megan asked. Her hand came out and picked his up. “I don’t see a ring.”
“No ring and no one,” he said.
“Then maybe we can try for another night?” Megan said.
“I’m pretty busy,” he said.
She lifted her nose at him. “I’m around if you decide you aren’t busy,” Megan said.
“What was the wine you were looking for?” he asked.
She pulled her phone out and showed him what she was looking for. He brought her to another section where it was, pulled it off the top shelf and handed it over.
“Thanks. I’m sure I’ll be back here and see you again. If you change your mind.”
