Mike smiled indulgently, ‘Oh yes, sparky certainly, and beautiful to boot!’ I smiled at Mike. He always knew how to make me smile. Bernardo pulled...away from me and walked up to Jo. ‘Well,’ he said looking her up and down. Not sexually, just noting her. ‘You must be Joanna.’ She smiled hello and nodded. ‘Now about you I have heard a great deal,’ he said smiling softly at her then at Mike. She looked shocked, I was. Who had told him about Jo. I know Mike mentioned her and told Bernardo their. Matt played pretty good golf he thought but his score was 89. Betty and Bill shot just over a hundred. Steve who was just a few years younger than Matt posted an 86. He was long and straight. Steve told Matt when he was younger he was five strokes from being a scratch golfer but that was not the case any longer. He impressed Matt as being a good golfer and an interesting person.After golf Betty and Bill excused themselves as they had to go somewhere. Steve wondered if Matt wanted to have lunch. " The man looked around the dining room in an exaggerated fashion. "Very, very nice place. Much nicer than the one bedroom I'm living in. I would really hate to lose something like this." He exited the room but not before saying, "Three hours."As suddenly as he appeared at Terence's door some hours ago, Vincent Cooper left. Terence sat and thought in his wake. Despite Terence's objections to the contrary, Cooper had his number. His coarse demeanor and raspy voice hid insightful. I don’t ask because if a customer wants me to know his or her name, they will tell me.“Good day?” he asks.“Yes,” I shrug.“Getting off soon?”I glance at the time in the bottom right corner of my screen. 1:03 pm. “One more hour,” I reply.I work Friday through Tuesday almost always with the mostly steady schedule of 7 am to 2 pm. I’ve been a cashier at Food Marketeer for over 2 years and worked here since I was 17, first as a bagger and cart attendant. I’m 22 now.“Hope it goes quick,” he says.I.