Page 10 of The Best Little Christmas Shop
‘From Marco?’
Matt gave me an interested look. ‘I meant jobwise but we can go with that.’
‘Oh. No. I’ve got another enquiry out I’m waiting to hear back on but I don’t know if anything will come of it.’ I sighed and snagged another biscuit. ‘I’m really good at my job but it’s a small community. They all know what happened and as far as they’re concerned, the years of commitment I gave were all wiped out byone action. I don’t know if anyone will give me another chance.’
‘They’re idiots if they don’t.’
I smiled at my big brother. ‘Likely true.’
He gave me a wink, then scooped up my now empty mug. ‘You know you’ve always got a job here, don’t you? God knows we could do with the help.’
I nodded. I couldn’t lie. The thought had crossed my mind more than once. The past year, being off the circuit,had allowed me to get back a little more often and see my friends and family and I’d begun to realise just how much I’d missed it all. My friends, my family, even the shop. Matt rinsed the mugs in the sink and came back to lean on the wall.
‘Have you heard from Marco then?’
‘We’ve spoken a bit, yes.’
‘And?’
‘And it’s fine. It’s good. We’re in a good place. A better place. Back to being friends,which is maybe where it should have stayed.’
‘It was kind of a whirlwind.’
‘Yep. It certainly was that. But at the time I thought it was the right thing. What I wanted. What he wanted.’ I pulled my mouth to the side and gave my brother a look. ‘Seriously not very good at the whole relationship thing, am I?’
‘Aah, don’t you worry. These things usually take two. And who knows? We might even beable to find a bloke to put up with you if you ever decided to stick around here. Stranger things have happened.’
‘You know your comedic talent is wasted here, don’t you?’
Matt opened his mouth to reply and I rammed a biccie in it. ‘Conversation closed.’
