People send gifts to us.
About three hours ago, a longtime customer sent flowers, wine and candy. One of the girls wanted the wine, so I offered her a trade: my two bottles of wine for her Orchid. I had a plan.
Immediately, I took the orchid to the house. Triumphantly, I placed it on the dining room table. Holli saw it and asked, “Who’s that from?”
I felt outed. “ME!” I said. Technically, that was true.
She was very impressed and pleased. After a few minutes, I left to go back to work. I got about three houses down the road when my phone rang.
“Did you know they were fake?” she asked.
“S-s-sure,” I said, “I know you like the color and I thought you’d like to keep them for a while. Is that okay?” I was speaking a little quickly.
“No, I love them. I just wanted to make sure you didn’t think they were real when you bought them,” she said.
“Not a chance,” I replied.
I’m going to take her the candy tomorrow. This time, I'll try a few pieces to make sure it's really chocolate before I give it to her.
