Exasperation boiled under her skin as all counts came up different. She bunched the money in her fist and slammed her elbows on the counter.“Day end as bad as the morning?”Kami glanced to her left to find a set of manicured fingers grip the top of her stall. Her coworker’s bouffant hair made her head look like a black light bulb with a painted face, complete with long dark lashes, thick red lips, and blue eyes.“I swear, Tina. If I don’t balance again today, Mrs. Tubbs is going to have a fit.”“It’s from denying those feminine urges of yours. Ever since you and Tank broke up, you’ve been a mess.”Kami sent her a sidelong look. “His name was Dillan. And he wasn’t interested in me. Just my urges.” She closed her eyes and let her voice drop to a mumble. “Just like the others.”A clamber of clinks and chinks rattled from the lobby and they glanced to the coin-counting machine. The familiar ski-capped bum tugged his wide collar up his neck and around his cheeks before dumping another baggie full of change into the tray.
