Page 63 of Take My Heart
‘What is it?’ Mr. Finkle asks. ‘What do you need?’
‘Just give me a minute. I want to look around.’
He takes the clothes from me. ‘I’ll bring these up to the register.’
While he’s up there, I look at the racks of makeup. I don’t know shit about makeup. There’s all these different colors. How do you know which one is right?
I get out my phone and call up Lindsay, Nick’s girlfriend.
‘Hey, what’s up?’ Nick answers.
‘This is Lindsay’s number. Why are you answering her phone?’
‘Because she’s not here. She’s taking a bath. What do you want? Why are you calling Lindsay?’
‘I just had a question.’
‘Yeah, so what is it?’
‘Nothing. Forget it.’ I’m not telling Nick I was about to buy makeup for a girl. He’d give me a hard time, and then tell Sawyer and Jason, who would also give me a hard time. Knowing that, I don’t know why I called Lindsay. She tells Nick everything.
‘Where are you right now?’ Nick asks.
‘I’m at Finkle’s place.’
‘He’s open today?’
‘No. I asked him to open because I needed a few things.’
‘Couldn’t it wait? You shouldn’t be out in this storm.’
‘That girl who’s staying with me didn’t have any clothes so I’m getting her some stuff.’
‘The only thing they have there is Kanfield stuff.’
‘Yeah, I know. That’s what she’s getting. Anyway, I should get going.’
‘Hey, I was thinking about that problem with your plow. I think I might know what’s wrong. I want to take a look at it, but I probably can’t get over there until tomorrow when the roads are cleared.’
‘Tomorrow’s fine.’
‘I’ll come over first thing in the morning, if that works.’
‘That’d be great. You really think you can fix it?’
‘I don’t know, but it’s worth a try. I’ll text you before I head over.’
‘Okay. Thanks, Nick. Talk to you later.’
I end the call and go up to the register.
‘It’s ready to go and already rung up,’ Mr. Finkle says.
‘Hey, do you have any charging cords for a phone?’
‘Right over there.’ He points to a wall display of phone accessories.
I go up to it and see the one Kate needs. There’s only one left and it’s expensive. I don’t have the money for this. But she said she’d pay me back. And I know how badly she wants to use her phone.
