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Margery looked out the front window, trying to see if she could find the person staring at her. Her eyesdarted over the people walking by, but one person stood out. They were standing on the other side of the road, looking at her.
She let out a little squeak, jumping and looking at her coworker. Maybe if Adalisa could see him, she could tell the police officer she wasn’t going crazy.
But when Margery looked back, the person was gone. No. They had just been right there. He couldn’t have left.
“Are you sure you’re okay?” Adalisa asked.
“Sorry,” Margery apologized. “I thought I saw somebody I knew, but it wasn’t them. Kind of freaked me out.”
Adalisa gave her a weird look and shook her head. “You know what I think you need?”
“What? And please don’t say dick.”
“I wasn’t going to say that. I was going to say you need to take a shot to calm your nerves. It does wonders.”
“Huh, haven’t thought about that. But I can’t because I’m at work. You know alcohol and me don’t go well together.”
Adalisa snorted. “Right, lightweight. Then take it when you get home.”
Margery nodded and went about her day, stocking things around the store. But the whole time, she couldn’t shake the feeling of being watched. This was going to be a long shift.
CHAPTER THREE
MARGERY
Several days had passed since she felt eyes on her while walking to work. Margery figured the police officer was right. Maybe she was making up everything in her head. Well, not making it up but blowing it out of proportion. Maybe she was making herself paranoid and feeling like she was being watched, but in reality, she wasn’t. It was the only logical explanation. Or the only one she had thought of at this point.
She really was trying not to think about it because if she did, she was going to get anxious. What if she was making all of this up in her head? Making up feeling like a person was watching her. She didn’t want to overthink this or second-guess herself.
“Are you going home?” Adalisa asked at the end of her shift.
“Yeah, I’ll probably treat myself to some ice cream before I get there. But I am going home. My shift ended a few minutes ago,” Margery replied.
Sometimes, if neither of them were busy, they would stay with each other and chat. They never really had time to hang out outside of work. Not when it seemed like they always worked opposite shifts. Maybe it was intentional. Margery didn’t know, but they made do with what they had.
“I’m not going to stop you then. You have a good afternoon. Get lots of ice cream, sit on the sofa, and watch something. Just relax,” Adalisa said. “I’m so jealous, but you deserve it.”
“Do you want me to stay? We can talk. I know it’s a little dead, which isn’t normal. I’m fine staying if you want me to,” she replied.
Right now, Margery really didn’t want to stay, but if Adalisa wanted her to, then she would for a couple of minutes.
“No, it’s fine. You go enjoy your afternoon. You haven’t had an afternoon off in a while,” her coworker replied.
“No kidding. For a while, you were getting the morning shifts, and I was getting the afternoon shifts. Seems like it’s changed now.”
“What do you prefer? Do you want the morning shifts or the afternoon shifts? I thought about asking the scheduler if we could have a preference. Since we’ve been here so long, I figured they would. Maybe we could even get on the same shift and hang out outside of work.”
Margery started to laugh. “Are you forgetting that you’re the scheduler?”
They didn’t have many employees at the store, and it seemed like they weren’t going to get any more. Sometimes,Margery worked over forty hours a week because some other people needed off, and there was nobody else to fill in.
“I know. I’m trying to figure things out. It’s hard when we don’t have many people. I’m going to talk with the owner soon about hiring a couple more people. While I love the overtime and the money we get for it, it’s not worth it in the end. We’re in our thirties. We need to go out and have some fun— not work all the time,” Adalisa wiggled her eyebrows.
“I know. I was just thinking that. You aren’t the only one. If you need me to cover so you can go talk to the owner, I can.”
Adalisa waved her hand in the air. “No, no. Not happening. You go get your ice cream, kick your feet up, and enjoy your afternoon. I would say go out, but it’s clear you really don’t want to.”
“Thanks Addy. I owe you one.”
