Chapters tagged older woman

by ErosApostasia

Chapter 1

Late evening settles over Market Fresh Grocery. Twenty minutes until closing. I walk in, and the first thing I notice is her. She stands behind the customer service desk under harsh fluorescent lights, her ice-cold eyes locking onto me the moment I cross the threshold. Her aggre...

by ErosApostasia

Chapter 2

**Continued from chapter 1:** I leave, laughing, my number still on the slip of paper sitting on her counter. As I pass the automatic doors, I wiggle my bottom at her in an exaggerated goose step, unable to resist one final taunt. She stares at the piece of paper left on the co...

by ErosApostasia

Chapter 3

**Continued from chapter 2:** When the bell above the door chimes, she doesn't look up immediately. She waits, counting to three, letting the silence build tension. Only then does she slowly straighten her spine and turn her head, her ice-gray eyes fixing on me with a look of pu...