EIGHT
Their morning interaction stayed with her.
Poppy hadn’t given Turner her number as they’d discussed. Doing that would be a bad idea, especially when she had a habit of drinking wine after work and didn’t have many ways to entertain herself. But it did mean she had no way to get in touch with him to find out if he was at the apartment or not.
So around lunchtime, after wandering a lot, and in hopes of making amends, Poppy did a quick search on her phone to pinpoint which hardware store was closest to the apartment. On the day they’d met, she’d told Turner that she would help out with fixing the place up. Like many of her other claims, Poppy hadn’t followed through. He’d once said his word was his bond. In contrast, she was proving she was all talk, no action.
Just the word “action
