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“I know,” Mike said, smiling. “I told him that, but I said it was worth a shot.” Mike grabbed a piece of paper and wrote on it. “Here is the address if you think it’s something you want to look at. They are cleaning it up some now anyway in case they do have to show it.”
Cal nodded his head and went to the back to check over the stock and talk with Tricia, his store manager.
“How’s everything going?” he asked Tricia.
“Great,” Tricia said. “Going to be a nasty storm on Sunday. Starting tomorrow afternoon. People are coming in to stock up on liquor. I’m filling some orders to be delivered. Crazy how many we’ve got this afternoon.”
It was a service he started a few years ago. He’d been shocked at how popular it became. He had one staff scheduled to be out delivering now between both of his stores since they were only fifteen minutes apart. Technology was a wonderful thing and orders in one half of the area delivered were filled at this store, the other half in his Latham store.
“Good to know. We’ll try to get them out before the storm hits. I’m going to email the office and tell them to mark off no deliveries for Sunday if the weather is bad.”
Tricia smiled at him. “I’m sure the staff will appreciate it.”
“I don’t want any accidents that day.”
He pulled his phone out and sent the text out and knew it’d be taken care of.
“Everyone doing well at the other store?” Tricia asked.
He sighed. “They seem to be. I know a few were skittish. We’ve got the security beefed up there and here.”
“We’ve never had any problems,” Tricia said. “We’re good.”
“I never did there either.”
“Sometimes you can’t control those things,” Tricia said.
“You’re telling me. I’m glad we are all getting back into a rhythm now.”
He finished up the few things he had to do and then went to the store in Latham.
He was surprised to see his grandfather behind the counter. “Cal,” his grandfather said. “You’re out late.”
He looked at his watch and saw it was close to six. “Just finishing up a few things. Why are you working?”
His grandfather worked mornings, not nights. Not that he knew every shift his grandfather was here exactly.
“I switched with Steve. I’m done soon. Just waiting for Tom to get here.”
“Why don’t you head out,” he said. “I’ve got it.”
“No,” his grandfather said. “Tom will be here in about fifteen minutes. You’re here because you’ve got work to do, so do it and then get home to Mia. I’m assuming you’re spending time with her. At least I hope you are or I’m going to think I haven’t been doing a good job parenting you in the past few years.”
He laughed. His grandfather always put that on his shoulders.
“You’ve done a great job.”
He went to check on the few things he planned quickly so that he could leave when his grandfather did.
It was almost as if his grandfather knew and came to the back office ten minutes later. “Tom just showed up. I’m sure you are trying to rush to walk out with me. No reason to, but I’ll sit back here while you finish up. It’s not like I’ve got a hot date.”
“Maybe you should get a hot date,” Cal said. “No young filly catching your eye in the community room?”
His grandfather laughed at him. “Not since Roxanne decided Charles was a better match for her. I’m not into sharing.”
“I don’t need to know those things, Grandpa.” He hoped he didn’t give an involuntary shiver.
“You brought it up,” his grandfather said.
