She cleared her throat. “I’m sorry, Ver. I think my brain just exploded.”
I rolled my eyes, laughing while I stapled receipts. I was sure she was joking. “Check with Kar. She knows this. Or an employee there. They’ll tell you.”
“There’s only one here, and she hates me. I was only trying to be friendly and asked how many months pregnant she was.”
“Okay?”
“Well, she wasn’t. How the hell would I know? Her stomach was pretty round. Like pregnant round.”
I shouldn’t have laughed.
“Try this one on! Is that Ver on the phone?” I heard Kara say. “Gimme.”
I heard clothes rustling and a door slamming shut and assumed that Kara had locked Beth in the dressing room.
“Hey, Ver. Hold on. I’m going to try on a dress.” She was trying on a dress? I thought this was a shopping day for Beth. I chuckled, knowing that Kara couldn’t help herself. She loved shopping. “I’ll take a picture and send it to you—”
“You can’t. My phone isn’t high tech enough to view your pictures. Besides, that probably costs a dollar.”
“Seriously, get a damn smart phone! You can definitely afford it now.” A clicking noise indicated she was taking a photo. “Why do I look beautiful in the mirror but ugly in pictures today? Seriously! Dammit!” I heard her sipping loudly from a stra
w.
“You’re drinking a milk shake, aren’t you?”
“You know me so well. Damn, I look fab.”
“Yes, you do,” I said.
“I love you, even though you have no idea what I look like right now.” She sucked on her milk shake. “Anyway, how’d your holiday go yesterday?”
When I didn’t respond, she gasped dramatically. “Did you let him pop the cherry?”
Silence.
“Ver, did you offer him the nectar of the gods?”
I choked. “No.”
Silence.
“Huh,” she grunted. “BJ?”
I face-palmed. “No!”
“Oh-kay.” I heard her clucking her tongue. “Ate you ou—?”
I groaned. “Stop!”
“Blue balls then.”
Silence. How the hell did she know these things?
“Yes,” I admitted sheepishly.
She chuckled. “Aw, Ver, you cock blocker. Aww…poor Caleb.”
“What kind of best friend are you? I just saw a customer come in. I have to go. Talk to you later?”