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Idly watching but not seeing anything, I had placed the contents of my cart on the belt.

Heard a voice – took a second to realize she was talking to me.

‘Real nice steaks you got there….. now that’s a dinner party I’d like to go to…’

I looked over at the cashier.

Smiled

She smiled back – a lovely smile. Except it showed the gaps where two of her upper teeth were missing.

But it was real warm. And a twinkling eye. Or, as she turned to look at me full-face, I instantly wondered if the  twinkly eye might be due to the fact that it was what you call, a lazy eye.

But she smiled again….

And of course I said, ‘Well I figured that….clearly you recognize quality when you see it.’

She grinned real warm at me.

‘Yep…I do. And I ain’t no cheap date!’

‘Could see that immediately’, I replied.

‘Watcha makin’ anyways?’

‘Music, Honey’, I said with a smile….

‘So far, it’s sounding like a nice melody’

She smiled, a lazy, warm glow…..I melted a little.

‘Sally’, her name tag read.

‘So, Sally – time to get cooking……’

‘Yep’, she said, breaking the moment.

Turning back to busy herself at the register, she looked back at me – that smile again, and winked.

‘I’ll bring the desert’, she grinned.

‘Honey – you are a desert…. a real treat.’

Awkward moment there.

‘So – for sure – I’ll be out front waiting – at what time?’, I asked.

‘Six o’clock – get off at six’, she replied.

‘Six ’tis’, as I picked up my bags, our fingers touched as she handed the receipt to me.

‘See ya then’

‘Yeah – see you then’, she said.