She and her companion were both staring, their expressions a combination of alarm and... well, alarm, mainly.
I smiled in what I hoped was a reassuring manner. They were so young, after all—
perhaps this was some sort of work experience and they were awaiting the return of their teacher.
“I’d like a Deluxe Pamper Manicure, please,” I said, as clearly as I could.
There was a long, still pause where nothing happened. The shorter one was first to wake from her trance.
“Take a seat!” she said, indicating the nearest stool. Her companion remained transfixed.
The shorter one (Casey, according to her name badge) bustled about distractedly and then perched opposite,
having first set down a kidney bowl slopping with hot, soapy water.
She swiveled the rack of polishes toward me. “What color would you like?” she said.
My eye was drawn to a bright green hue, the same shade as a poisonous Amazonian frog, the tiny, delightfully deadly ones.
I handed it to her. She nodded. She wasn’t actually chewing gum, but her demeanor was very much that of a gum chewer.
She took my hands and placed the tips of all ten fingers into the warm water.
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