He shot me a wicked grin, the tenting in my jeans suddenly going full tilt, and then he continued. “It didn’t take me very long to get in the swing of things at Classics. I opened the store up in the mornings at ten and closed up at seven. In between, I straightened up, rang up the orders, made recommendations, and placed special orders. See, it’s the special orders that really set Classics apart from the rest. Gay Bear had developed quite an incredible network of rare book collectors through the years and could find just about any title and any edition a customer could ask for. But the best part about the job was that I could read throughout the day. It was, as the saying goes, like having my cake and eating it too.”
By the way, somewhere in the middle of this story, Slim reached over to
