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“You’re working at a grocery store?” she asked. “I thought you were doing desk duty in the office today? At least, that’s what you told me.”
I had said that.
I’d meant it, too.
Until I ran out of my guilty pleasure.
“I had to go get some essentials at the store,” I said as I walked to the display case near the front of Target. “All I’m getting is one thing here, and one thing at the convenience store.”
She was already clucking her tongue.
“Nope,” she said. “While you’re there, go ahead and grab a buggy. Make sure you wipe it down super good like I told you. Then you’re gonna walk to the back of the store and then you’re going to get me what I need so I don’t have to go into town tomorrow. Make sure that you stay at least six feet away from everybody.”
I looked longingly at the display case that had the only thing I needed sitting on it.
“Okay,” I grumbled.
But I made sure to grab twelve boxes of Little Debbie’s. If I was going to have to get a cart anyway…
Fast forward ten minutes, I had my cart loaded down with toilet paper, yeast, flour, sugar, and paper towels. One of each, apparently, was the limit on that.
When I got to the register, she narrowed her eyes. “There’s a limit of two items per person on essential items.”
I frowned. “I only got one package of toilet paper.”
She glanced at the Little Debbie’s. “But you got what looks like ten boxes of those.”
“Those aren’t essential items,” I lied. “They’re snack cakes.”
She frowned. “I’ll have to call my manager.”
• • •
MEMPHIS
I looked at Downy who was backing his cruiser into our drive, getting as close as he could to the garage door so we wouldn’t have to walk too far to get the groceries inside.
When he was done, he put the car into park and got out.
Without a single word to me, he walked into the garage and stripped himself to his underwear.
Everything that he was wearing was left on the floor in a large heap.
He picked up a can of Lysol and said, “Hit me!”
I ignored him and opened the back hatch of the cruiser and dozens of boxes of snack cakes fell out at my feet.
“Downy, what in the absolute hell?”
I looked up to where he was still spraying himself with Lysol as if it was freakin’ sunscreen.
“They were on sale.”
He was such a big, fat liar.
Book:Bang Switch
CHAPTER 5
