304. The walls have ears

I enter inside and look around. The place is quite big and also filled with different goods. Apart from a tall thin boy that looks about my age standing behind a counter, the place is empty.

When I enter, he looks up from the computer he's working on to me.

"Hello." He says with a bright smile.

I wonder if that's how he greets every potential customer who walks into this big establishment or if he hasn't seen a customer in a while.

"Hi," I also reply with a smile before walking further inside to see what I can get and also gather the courage to ask the most ridiculous question of my life.

Even though I'm not hungry, I get a bottle of water and a bag of chips. He smiles again as I put them on the counter before him and I also smile back. I open my purse and give him my card.

"Umm... This might sound strange, umm, do you– I mean can you maybe tell me where this place is? I..."

"Are you Ash?" He interrupts me.

My eyes widen with surprise.

"Do you– I mean, how did you know who I am?"

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