The Shore
“It was a small place and no one seemed too particular, and she and Jan, a classically perky type who said she worked at the Stacked to support her body board habit, quickly developed their own cheerful rhythm.Joseph worked the counter, the register, and the grill with another short-order cook he called Fry. Fry never spoke, and in spite of the health laws, he could be seen from time to time framed in the pass-through with a cigarette dangling from his lips.Claire decided that as long as no ash ...hit the food and no one complained, she wasn’t going to think about it. Once, when Fry leaned forward with an order and a particularly gnarly silver cylinder of ash, Claire’s and Jan’s eyes met.They both smiled and shrugged. Old pros at work.He came in at the end of the first week. He strolled in through the open doors with a medium-size red and white dog that had a tail like a raccoon following on his heels and sat down at the counter.Given the cigarette situation in the back, Claire figured Joseph wasn’t going to say anything about the dog.MoreLess
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