Chapter 5 - Part 2/7
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“Welcome to Clara’s bakery” Nell heard her friend exclaim joyfully. If River had something, is that he always adapted quickly to any situation. Studying theater also helped, obviously. “How can I help you?”
Nell covered her mouth with both hands. She didn’t know exactly why she didn’t want him to know she worked here.
“Hi” Lennox sounded distant, but slightly amused. She could picture his eyebrow arching without looking at him. “I thought there was someone else here with you.”
“Oh, mmm-” River started. Nell hit him with her elbow, biting hard on her lip. Her friend kicked her back. “No, there was only me.”
“A girl was here before I came in” Lennox hesitated. Nell wanted to dig a hole in the ground and hide in it. She was going to be busted.
“Must’ve been a reflection” River shrugged. “Anything else I could help you with?” he sounded half joyful, half irritated. If Nell hadn’t been hiding, River would have gone all crazy-fan-ish on Lennox, but he was holding himself back. She felt kind of guilty, but her friend was doing one hell of a job, and she bet he was still happy inside that he got to talk to one of his favorites musicians.
“No, thank you” Lennox said. Nell waited, listening carefully to each of his steps on the tiled floor, picking on her friend saying goodbye and counting the seconds Lennox could take to wave his hand as he always did, and walk out of there. She stood up and sighed.
“Okay” River eyed her, suspicious. “What the hell was that about?”
