jolene johnson

Your beauty is beyond compare. With flaming locks of auburn hair. With ivory skin and eyes of emerald green. Your smile is like a breath of spring. Your voice is soft like summer rain. - (Jolene - Dolly Parton)

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“Is that what she tells you or is that just you making assumptions?” he asked her before he watched her walk away. “Have you told Summer that you don’t intend on giving them out just yet?” he asked with a raised eyebrow. “You don’t have to sell me on the pie at this point.” He shook his head as she insisted her daughter adored him. “Yeah, well, she should probably pull that back a bit. No one likes someone to hover over them when they’re in a coffee shop. What kind of project is it?” he asked her. 

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Jolene laughed a little and shook her head, “She think it’s good and was trying to convinced me that it is good, but my perfectionist side just think I need to tweak it a little bit more,” she explained. Jolene nod her head slightly while picking the empty cups and plates next to Arthur’s table, “At least she’s better at interacting with people than me,” Jolene admitted, she wasn’t the most articulate person when it comes to interacting to new people, Summer probably got that from her father, the Mr. Popular back in college. “But I’ll tell her if she’s bothering you though, I don’t want her bothering people,” Jolene said again, “Something about a website? I honestly don’t really understand,” she admitted with a laugh.

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“Your mother has a soft spot for everyone who comes through here. That’s how she makes sales and gets people to buy things, that’s how business works,” said Arthur as he gave Summer a look before she walked away to put in his order and now Jolene was here. “She did, but I declined her offer. She’s just stubborn, like yourself,” he said. He went ahead and opened up his laptop. “I don’t want the pastries,” he added. “Don’t give them to me. I’m not paying for them. Just the pie and the coffee,” he reiterated to her. “You’ve got to reel in your daughter a bit better,” he added. “She’s going to be offering test pastries to more than just me before long.”

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“Na’ah, not really, but she definitely has a soft spot for you though,” Summer gave Arthur a cheeky grin right before she went away. Jolene shook her head a little, though smiling, Summer really is great at chatting up their regular customers, if anything, she’s probably even better at customer relation than Jolene ever does. “Hey, I’m not stubborn, I’m strong-willed,” Jolene said with a laugh, “Oh no, no, no, I’m not going to feed you any test-batch pastry, especially since it’s still lacking something, don’t want you or any other customer running to someplace else because of my botched pastries,” she shook her head, “The cherry pie however, I can say it’s to die for,” Jolene continued. “You know her, she dubbed herself as my marketing manager, and feels like it’s a part of the customer relation thing. Beside she adores you, and probably about to ask your help with her project as usual and was trying to butter you up a bit first.”

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Arthur entered the coffee shop. It was one he had started going to frequently ever since he had discovered the location when it had opened up. Arthur was definitely a creature of habit and once he had developed a routine down, he very rarely strayed from it. This was definitely a spot that was usually part of his routine. He looked up as he was greeted as he always was. Arthur was normally a man who preferred to be left alone, often interacting with others in monosyllabic sentences and short responses, however he tended to make an exception for Jolene and Summer as he had gotten to know the pair, but sometimes they could be a lot of energy for him. He wasn’t even sure how he handled them. “I’ll take some pie and the usual coffee,” he said as he settled into his usual spot, opening up his computer. “Pass on the beef pastry, I don’t need you to get in trouble on my behalf as I’m sure your mother would never forgive me for encouraging it.”

“Alright, one coffee and pie coming up!” Summer nod her head, “Oh please, I think my mom has a soft spot for you, she won’t be mad,” she cheekily grinned at the man before passing the order to the barista and her mom. Jolene smiled seeing Summer greeting Arthur and getting his order, passing it to the barista. Jolene had known Arthur for several years now, it was Summer who was the first one who befriended him when she was much younger, sitting doing her homework in the counter when Arthur walked in to their new little coffee shop. Since then, the little family had been friends with Arthur and enjoyed him being a regular to their little coffee shop. Jolene brought the pie and the cup of coffee to Arthur, “Did Summer promised you another test-batch pastries?” Jolene asked as she placed down his coffee and warmed up cherry pie.

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Jolene looked up from the counter when she heard the bell clinging when the door opened, “Welcome to Bloom,” she greeted the new customer and smiled when she saw Arthur walking into the coffee shop and flower shop, “Hey, what can I get you today?” she offered him a smile while still finishing what she was doing first. 

Summer who was hanging out near her doing her homework grinned seeing Arthur, quickly came to take his order, “So what are you in the mood for today?” Summer asked, “Mom made cherry pie for today’s special and I can sneak you some test-batch beef pastry if you want,” the blonde girl said in a conspiratorial voice.

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