Chapter 6: Ashley’s Turn“Ash, how is it you can run a music store without knowing how to play a single instrument? I mean, how do you do it? Get up every day and look yourself in the mirror? ‘Hi, I’m Ashley Zimmer of A to Z music. I don’t know jack s**t about any of these instruments, but I’d sure like to sell you one.’ Don’t you feel like a fraud?”
I chewed my lip. It was my own fault really. On the way to the bank, I had mentioned it. Just an offhand comment. I don’t even remember why. Now, sitting down to dinner, Pepper was obsessed.
“How do you express yourself? I mean, do you at least sing in the shower or something? Barn board painting? Adult coloring books?”
“Barn board painting?”
“Yeah, it’s something fancy ladies do on girls’ night. They sit around in some overpriced art studi
