Waves of Romance: Contemporary Romance (Holidays Beach Read Book 2) by Mitchell Lori Ann

Author:Mitchell, Lori Ann [Mitchell, Lori Ann]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2015-01-08T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 6:

Sage

Sage watched the door, waiting in vain for Colby to show up for her afternoon shift. It wasn’t that she was needed, necessarily. Summer evenings were notoriously slow, the surfer crowd preferring cold beers at Shuckers to warm coffee at Sequels. Still, it wasn’t like the ambitious Colby to miss a work shift, even if it was just to flaunt her juicy young curves and short frilly skirts.

The phone rang a few minutes before her shift and, somehow, Sage knew it would be Colby, either running late or calling off altogether. “Sequels Bookstore and Café,” Sage said, brightly, on the off chance she was wrong. She wasn’t.

“Sage?” Colby asked, sounding hoarse and far away. “It’s Colby.”

“Colby,” Sage said, concern replacing doubt as she stood from behind the pastry counter. “What’s wrong? You sound horrible.”

“Just a nasty summer cold,” she said, pausing to cough and making Sage wince at the sound. “It came out of nowhere. I thought…” More coughing before she continued, “I thought I’d get better, but… I’m not well enough to come in for my shift tonight. Can you… can you find someone to cover?”

“No honey,” Sage said, voice full of concern. “It’s slow here and I’ve got to do inventory later anyway, so… I’ll just double up on some Surfer’s Blend and stick it out myself. You take care of yourself. Do you need anything?”

Colby chuckled and, over another voice in the background said, huskily, “That’s okay, Sage, I’ve got everything I need right here. Thanks for being so understanding. I’ll be in tomorrow, for sure.”

“Well, take all the time you need,” Sage said, but to a dial tone. Colby had already run off. She sighed and poured herself that cup of fresh Surfer’s Brew, drinking it black and hot after the long morning and afternoon she’d already worked.

She didn’t mind the extra shift. Back in the day, before Derek, she’d worked mostly double shifts, preferring to stick around and either supervise her mostly school-age part-time employees or, during finals or prom or any other special events, relieve them altogether.

In fact, it was a relief not to have Colby around, sighing and twirling her perfect blond hair as Sage did inventory. Her constant flirting with Derek aside, Colby just wasn’t a very good employee. Forgetful and moody, it was all she could do to make it through a daily shift without a dozen “void” tickets at the cash register and nearly as many dissatisfied customers stomping off in frustration.

She’d been thinking lately of finding a replacement but now that it was clear Colby had a thing for Derek, Sage didn’t want her to think she was being fired because of that. She sighed, realizing the irony of her dilemma: Not only had she lost her boyfriend over the little tramp but now, Sage couldn’t even fire her for fear of looking petty, jealous and spiteful.

She chuckled to herself and opened up her iPad, calling up her inventory list and using a small scanner app to begin updating her files.

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