Black Friday by Judy M. Kerr

Author:Judy M. Kerr [Judy M. Kerr]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781633042155
Barnesnoble:
Goodreads: 46746020
Publisher: Launch Point Press
Published: 2019-06-27T03:00:00+00:00

MC was stunned when she stepped outside. Suburbia mimicked a snow globe in the gray light of dawn. Every surface was buried in brilliant white and the sky still shed snow. When she inhaled through her mouth, the air shot daggers into her lungs. Stifling a yawn, she reminded herself she’d heard on NPR recently that if you breathed through your nose, by the time the air hit the back of your nose, it was fully humidified and much easier on the lungs.

Breathing through her nose, she trudged across the unshoveled parking lot, let the car warm up, and checked her cell. Nothing from Barb. Seven a.m. and she decided a cup of French roast from Flannel would be the ticket to help propel her homeward. She put the car in gear and puttered through the parking lot out onto mostly deserted streets. She wound her way eastward, tires squelching over wet, sticky snow. Twenty minutes later she found a parking spot on the street in front of the coffee shop.

Inside, Kate, the young college student Dara and Meg employed, bagged a blueberry scone for a woman and handed her a cup of coffee.

“Hey, MC. You know Dara and Meg are still out of town, right?”

“We actually talked to them yesterday. How was your Thanksgiving?”

“Good. I have a pretty big family and we were all at my grandma’s. There were thirty of us. Enough for a couple of touch football teams.”

“Sounds fun,” MC said. Sounds like a nightmare is what she thought, then chastised herself for being sardonic. Not everyone had adverse reactions to family gatherings.

“What can I get you?”

“I’ll take a cup of the dark roast with room and one of those blueberry scones. They look fabulous.”

“For here?”

“Please. Barb probably isn’t home yet. I’ll enjoy breakfast before I brave the elements again.”

“Where’s Barb? Oh, wait, don’t tell me she’s one of those Black Friday shoppers.”

“Yes, indeed. It’s like a religion. May I not be struck by lightning for such blasphemy.”

Kate scooped a scone onto a plate and set it on the counter then she poured MC’s coffee. “I know Meg was upset about being up north and missing all the big sales today.”

“I know. She and Barb had quite the discussion about it.” MC paid and dropped a couple bucks into the glass tip jar next to the register.

Kate responded with a hearty thank you.

MC pulled out a chair at the first table. “So, tell me, what are you doing to stay in shape during the winter so you’re ready for softball in the spring?”

“I go in a couple times a week and lift weights and do cardio.” Kate came out to wipe down the table. She brushed crumbs off a couple chairs at the high-top counter along the front windows. “I’ve been thinking about doing a kickboxing class. Maybe work on my balance.”

“Nice. I hadn’t thought about kickboxing.” MC ate half her scone and chased it with some coffee.

“I can’t take credit for the idea. My cousin told me she took a class last year and it really helped her.

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