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“Brittanya,” June nudged her.
“Hm?” She turned to her.
“I’m ready to go when you are, I have work tomorrow.”
“Okay, let me go tell Whitney, I’m sure she was going to either go home with Fade or have him give her a ride.” Brittanya got up and walked to the dance area.
June looked back at the man, it wasn’t Ben, she kept telling herself. Ben was in bed when she left and he wasn’t on the plane.
Chapter Five
January Twenty Five
Juniper
June sat down at station six thinking how sewing was very familiar because it was all that she knew. She didn’t know dating, she didn’t know islands or cars. June didn’t even know what having roommates was like or female friends as close as those three.
She had a sewing machine on one end of the workspace and the rest was for cutting, pinning, and drafting. June didn’t have the opportunity to design before, so this was new to her. She sat there doodling on paper printed bodies. Her dress was a strapless, cinched top with a bustle below. She thought about how beautiful it would look in dark green.
“Juniper!” She stood hearing Golden, “Oh Junie babe.” He sang from the front.
She recalled the door chime a moment ago and headed for the front. “Coming.”
“Are you ready to ring her up?” He asked as she appeared from the back.
“Yes.” She walked behind the counter and stood next to Golden to attend to a woman with her daughter.
“Okay, so press checkout.” He pointed to the obvious. “So press it.” June followed his directions. “Then you scan this code box right here.” He pointed to the tag, “Then check out and get her chip scanned.” June did as Golden instructed, but it wasn’t letting the sale finalize. No matter how she pushed the button, it wouldn’t work.
“I think I broke it.” She muttered.
He attempted to push it too, “You sure did. I’ll call I.T. Michelle, you’re good. I’ll send you an invoice.” She nodded and left with her daughter.
Golden pulled his phone out and after pressing a few buttons placed it to his ear. “Hey Max, our computer stopped, Can you send someone down here?” He paused looking out the window, “We tried that.” He turned, facing June, “I don’t know, it’s doing nothing.” He paused. “Thank you so much! Bye bye.” He slid his phone back in his pocket, “What is the point of having I.T. if they question you about coming down?” He pointed at June, “If they ask if we tried turning it off and back on, tell them yes. I am going to lunch, you can go back to work and please assist them when they get here.”
“Okay,” June laughed to herself and walked back to her station thinking about her dress and how she could make it different from what everyone else had already seen or made before. It was hard, June didn’t want to seem like she was not being original, she wanted to make something different. This was her first opportunity.
She stared at her sketched on paper blankly as she could hear Golden microwaving his lunch and talking on his phone. The door chimed and she walked to the front to greet the customer.
“Hello?” A deep voice echoed to her.
“Hello, are you from I.T.?” Juniper entered the retail section where a tall man in uniform stood. He had a blue collared shirt with Wolfgang engraved on the chest.
“Yes, I got a call you needed your computer looked at, I was just down the road.” ‘There is no way this man is I.T.’ June thought to herself. His shoulders were broad just like Fade and appeared more muscular. His skin was sun kissed from the island sun. His dark, disheveled, undercut was lightened with gold streaks from the sun matching his overgrown beard.
“Yes.” She motioned to the lone computer without moving and watched as he circled the counter.
“Okay, I shouldn’t be too long, I’m Wolfgang by the way.” He extended his hand.
“Ro-” She stopped herself, “I mean Juniper.” She accepted his hand and his radiant green eyes made her cheeks warm. “I’m going to get back to work.” She pointed to the doorway avoiding eye contact and scampered back to her station. She couldn’t believe she almost said her old name and grabbed her paper, sitting at a closer station, so she could see him when he was done. She forgot a pencil and held her paper up to study it instead and gazed past it. Wolfgang was pushing the screen rapidly and held down multiple buttons. His hair swooped forward as he looked down, brushing his cheekbone and she noticed his lips mouthing words from the screen. He bent to the floor and pulled the plug from the outlet and returned it shortly. After a few beeps and a chime, he had motioned that it had started, she pretended to be working with what little supplies she had in front of her.
He knocked on the door frame, “Juniper?”
“Yes?” She acted startled.
His mellow caramel voice poured out.“It’s fixed so you shouldn’t have any more problems.”
“Thank you, I’ll try to refrain from breaking it again.” Blood rushed to June's face, brightening her cheeks and neck.
