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The next morning, Marcus and I both opened. New books were released on Tuesdays, and we both enjoyed the excitement of getting those new books on the shelf and selling the special orders to the die-hard fans. This week, N. K. Jemisin’s new speculative fiction book was out, and we had several orders for it. The interest had been so high that we’d offered to host a discussion group at the end of the month for readers. So far, we already had twelve sign-ups.
Reworking our new book tables and shelves gave me the perfect opportunity to not-so-casually mention that Ollie had called me Ms. B the night before.
“Oh yeah, I was telling him about you. He’s a big reader, too, but mostly from the library. Kind of tight on cash.” Marcus was actually casual when he shared that information, but of co
