Friday Romance: Secret Admirer (Part 1 of 3)
A quarter to five, just as Rachel was getting ready to close up her store, the bell above the door rang and a man, tall and trim, wearing aviator sunglasses walked in. It wasn’t often that someone...
A quarter to five, just as Rachel was getting ready to close up her store, the bell above the door rang and a man, tall and trim, wearing aviator sunglasses walked in. It wasn’t often that someone she didn’t recognize showed up to her antique store.
“Can I help you?” she asked, feeling more than a bit nervous. “I don’t often see new faces in this little town. Where are you from?”
The man didn’t speak, instead he seemed only interested in perusing the bounty of wares spread about the store. He seemed as if to be looking for something in particular. After five minutes he left the store, leaving Rachel to wonder what had just happened.
When she got home she called up her friend Sam, asking if he’d like to come over for dinner so she could tell him what happened, hoping he’d be able to ease her mind. He said he’d be over in a half hour so she checked the freezer and preheated the oven to 450 degrees according to the instructions on the back of a box of frozen pizza.
She changed into more comfortable clothes, a t-shirt left over from a previous relationship, it was two sizes too big but really comfortable, and a pair of sweatpants. She was delighted to see her friend Sam dressed in a similar fashion when she answered the door.
As they devoured the pizza in front of them, alongside glasses of white wine, Rachel told him about the guy who entered the store just before closing.
“Maybe he was scoping the place out so he could come back and rob you,” said Sam.
“You’re supposed to be making me feel better,” she replied, a nervous tingle dancing up and down her spine. “He could’ve just been looking for the perfect decoration and didn’t happen to see anything that fit what he was looking for.”
“Maybe he was scoping you out. If you didn’t recognize him maybe he just heard about the town beauty who runs the antique store and had to see for himself what all the fuss was about.”
“You’re ridiculous.” Rachel cackled with laughter. “His glasses were so big it was hard to make out his face, but,” she tilted her head side to side as she thought it over, “he wasn’t hard on the eyes. I can’t imagine someone coming into the store like that though if their intention was to ask me out on a date. Certainly not the best first impression.”
“He’s quirky, so what?” Sam shrugged. “This pizza is delicious by the way. Was it delivery?”
“No it’s …” she smirked. “Good one.”
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