Svetlana suddenly caught sight of him and blinked several times. Frank watched her before lingering on the guy who accompanied. The latter greeted him with a “good morning sir”.
Frank replied coldly, with a similar response, followed by the word, “miss…”
Svetlana had taken part in the exchange of courtesy, returning in turn the “good morning sir”. Then she had followed the guy behind a rack.
Frank was baffled. The game of the customer-seller had appeared in a different way from what he had imagined earlier. She had participated well by pretending not to know him. And yet the situation was reversed. It was he who was surprised, even shocked!
Frank had settled his purchase with his credit card. His hands trembled with a drunkenness similar to that of an old weaned alcoholic. Conscientiou
