Chapter 5: GeriNever had Geri enjoyed her time with a customer more than she did that day with Kiara. She obviously wasn’t exaggerating when she said she knew nothing about plants. Or maybe she was just feigning ignorance to make Geri feel important. Well, it worked, even if it had been just an act. She seemed truly fascinated by all the little snippets of information Geri supplied. But then, she’d probably spent years having to appear interested in dull topics in all her classes, and maybe at meetings. Some people were really good at that. But not Geri. She couldn’t hide her feelings very well and was a little too honest at times.
That was partly what had ended things in her last relationship. Geri had tried to learn over the years she’d spent with Paula, tried to pick up on what she wan
