Chapter 34

Behind Mrs. K, someone started, “Excuse me—”

“Always pushing me out of the way!” Mrs. K whirled around, one small fist already shaking. “G?upia zasranà, can’t an old woman shop in peace in this place?”

With a grimace, Matt caught the end of Vic’s cart and pulled his lover a little farther down the aisle in an effort to avoid conflict. At the end of the aisle, Mrs. K called out to them, “See you at six!”

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Actually, they saw her a lot sooner—she pushed her cart past them as they stood in the self-checkout lane. “I don’t trust those things,” she said with a shake of her head.

“It’s automated,” Matt explained with a laugh. “What’s to trust about it?”

But Mrs. K was adamant, and turned her nose up as she went by, favoring a more traditional cashier-run lane. “All I’m saying,” she started, but there was nothing after that and Matt laughed again.

Vic placed a sure hand on his lover’s back. “Come on,” he chided. “Leave her be.”