CHAPTER FOUR
“WELL, I MUST say, you look better than you have the past couple of days,” Jane said as she ripped open a box of the new scented lotions. The explosion of a blossoming fragrance burst into the air, eager to be free from its confines. “Getting used to sleeping on Anne’s couch?”
“Did I really look that bad?” Susanna glanced at her reflection in the mirror behind the shelf of hand sanitizers, pulling at her eyes and toying with her ash-blond hair. Jane was her manager at Maria’s Body Lotions and, since there were only a few employees in the small shop, they usually shared quite a bit with each other. While Jane never understood Susanna’s desires, she didn’t judge her based on them, either. She was more of a “to each their own” kind of person.
Jane shrugged. “Not so much bad as
