Bikini Carwash (That Business Between Us) by Morsi Pamela

Author:Morsi, Pamela [Morsi, Pamela]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Gnarly Wool Publishing
Published: 2020-02-13T16:00:00+00:00

Pop and Jelly arrived about one o’clock. They had brilliantly brought takeout for Andi as well as her employees. Everyone was hungry.

They took turns eating inside the little building. It had gotten pretty hot in the afternoon sun, but Pop turned on the big noisy fan making it bearable.

Jelly was bright-eyed and animated. She loved all the noise and activity. She thought every horn that honked was somebody saying “hi” to her.

“I want to come to work here,” Jelly told her sister. “I can wash cars. I want to work here.”

“No, you can’t,” Andi told her.

“Why not? I can wash cars. I can wash cars good. Why not? I want to work here.”

“No, you can’t,” Andi said. “That’s it, no discussion. The answer is no.”

“Objection overruled!” she declared.

Andi shook her head. “I said, ‘no.’ And no is no.”

“That’s...that’s...that’s testimony not in evidence.”

“It’s enough in evidence to keep you from working here,” Andi said. “You already have a job. How could Pop deliver the Meals on Wheels without you?”

That mollified her sister somewhat, but she continued to mutter under her breath.

“I can wash cars. I can wash cars in my swimming suit. And I have a better swimming suit than you. Mine fits me. It doesn’t have my bottom all hanging out of the back.”

Andi sighed and hid a smile. She could always count on Jelly to tell it like it is.

When she finished eating, Andi hurried back outside. She found Pop quickly and efficiently applying wax to a newly cleaned vehicle.

“You don’t have to do that, Pop,” Andi said.

He grinned, without bothering to look up from his task. “That girl with the blue hair thing,” he said. “She’s not much of a worker. If you mess up a waxing job, well, the owner will see the evidence of it every time he looks at the car.”

“I’ll try to do some more training with her,” Andi said.

Pop shook his head. “She doesn’t take to training much. I tried to show her but she didn’t pay any attention. I finally gave up. It’s easier just to do it myself.”

Andi hoped that he was wrong about Cher-L. Andi hoped she could learn to do the job.

“I don’t mind,” he said. “I always enjoyed making a beautiful machine look its best.” He raised his head and grinned at Andi. “But I’m not wearing one of those little bathing suits.”

Andi laughed. “I do need your help, Pop,” she admitted. “But I don’t want you to do any more than you want to do. And I’ll have a talk with Cher-L. I’ll get her over here to help you whether she likes it or not.”

Pop’s brow furrowed. “Well, Andi,” he said. “It’s your business and you need to run it your way. But if it was me...” He hesitated, obviously giving her time to voice her lack of interest in his opinion.

“Tell me,” she said. “If it was you?”

“I’d put Cher-L to work as the greeter, taking orders,” he said. “That way she gets to talk to all the customers, which I think would suit her just fine.

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