she greeted the gangly girl with a little wave. “Hey V, how’s it going?” Feather asked with a smile of recognition.“Oh you know, same old. How about you?” “The same. We got some new candles in by the way, you might want to check them out, there’s one called love machine.” Feather waggled her eyebrows at her. “Yeah, Daddy wouldn’t go too ballistic over that one,” Veronica snorted. “You could take the label off; he’d never know what it was for… until you get stampeded by studs of course,” she gave her a wicked grin.“I’ll keep it in mind.” Veronica plopped down into a chair, tucking her feet up under. “So, how do you like working here? I love the stuff you guys sell, but is your boss cool?”“Annaliese? Yeah, she’s way cool to work for. Much better than that douche I used to work for at the Gap.”“The one at Lloyd Center?”“Uh huh.”“Yeah, that guy is a tool,” Veronica agreed, surreptitiously trying to keep the conversation going without sounding like she was interrogating her friend. “Do you guys ever, you know, do spells together?”“Naw, I’m not on her level, I’m just starting out. You’ve gotta know what you’re fucking with before you jump right in, you know? You never know what you could be messing with.”“I never thought of it that way.” “I keep telling you, there’s a whole world out there you don’t know anything about, V. All it takes is for you to open your eyes and take a look around.” Veronica was about to reply when Annaliese herself approached them, winding a light blue scarf around her neck. She gave a pleasant to smile to Veronica and her employee. “You’re on register duty for now, Feather. I’ve got to go and run some errands. Felice will be here in about a half hour and I’ll be back in a couple of hours.”“You got it, boss; later V.” Feather gave her a two fingered salute and with a lopsided smile she sashayed back to the counter. It took Veronica a moment to bring up the courage to say something, but she spoke up as Annaliese started to move away. “You’re Annaliese right? The owner? I’m Veronica, I love your shop.” She gave her a genuine smile.“Thank you, Veronica. Yes, I am the owner, and it’s always nice to hear when people like our place.” Annaliese smiled back at the compliment. “That’s a beautiful amethyst pendant you have on.” “Thanks, it was a present from my father; I love amethysts.”“You know amethysts are very calming and soothing, great for healing, I use them all the time. They’re also used for opening up the spiritual and psychic centers.”“You do?” Veronica’s eyes widened a little. “And here I just thought it was something pretty,”
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