02-12-2022, 01:53 PM
The man who had oggled her swooped around as soon as Alice’s back was to Lory. He was probably a few years older than her, and he had a face that she wouldn’t be surprised to be another brother of one of the other close-knit families.
“You Ruby?” he said, and she had the familiar feeling that this man knew more about her than the other way around.
She squared her shoulders, straightened her spine, and put on her ‘working’ smile as she gestured over what Alice was selling.
Alice was a crier. She had some time.
“Not right now,” she answered. “Are you here for the buns, or more for the eggs?”
From afar, plain, built-like-a-board Lory stood in a way that emphasized her hips, leaned in a way that gave her cleavage where she usually barely had any. The man reached to touch her arm, and she brushed his hand off in a way that seemed far more flirtatious than chastising.
“You Ruby?” he said, and she had the familiar feeling that this man knew more about her than the other way around.
She squared her shoulders, straightened her spine, and put on her ‘working’ smile as she gestured over what Alice was selling.
Alice was a crier. She had some time.
“Not right now,” she answered. “Are you here for the buns, or more for the eggs?”
From afar, plain, built-like-a-board Lory stood in a way that emphasized her hips, leaned in a way that gave her cleavage where she usually barely had any. The man reached to touch her arm, and she brushed his hand off in a way that seemed far more flirtatious than chastising.
