“I’m sure he did.” I rolled my eyes again… Honestly, there was just no way I could stop myself.
“Would you let me tell the story?” she snapped. “You’re making him sound like some pervert!”
“No, you’re pretty much doing the work for me,” I smiled, ducking as she grabbed a pillow from the couch and launched it at me.
“He was very sweet! It was actually a bit on the expensive side, but with the discount, it wasn’t too bad, so I decided to go with it. But then, a few days later, I was walking past there again, and the store was empty again. So I guess he went out of business already or something… So it isn’t really a new store, since it’s not there anymore.”
“So, this old guy,” I asked, waiting a moment to be sure there was no more to her tale. “I don’t suppose his name was Ethan Rayne, was it?”