Chapter 41: Horace
The workday at Zillions went by smoothly, pretty much. Horace asked Martha to show Evie her job tasks, which she did while avoiding him. The girls showed up and lounged around at their favourite table, it got plenty of shade from the trees and it was cool enough to ward off the day’s heat.
Hours passed while Horace tended to his duties. He gave a report to Nico over the phone, and the boss was begrudgingly satisfied. This day happened to be a day when pensions were being paid, so traffic was slow. It subtly influenced a large amount of the cosy pensioners that lived in this area, by having them tend to things like bills and bank issues.
George had switched things up, again. He had swapped the entire yogurt machine placement, without asking, Horace might add. He was fu
