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Little Toy Bikers and a Woman on the Run
Chapter 320 Candy Bar
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The convenience store was always a pleasantly air conditioned refuge for Louise in the summer. Her mother was thrifty insisting on using fans and not the energy thirsty A/C even in the worst of the summer months.
"Afternoon, Louise."
"In for another candy bar and lemonade, Tig?"
"Yeah, I've got a helluva sweet tooth. I thought you usually work nights."
"I did," she said with a sigh. "It pays a dollar more an hour, but my mother insisted I quit working nights. She says it's too dangerous."
"This isn't Oakland."
"I said the very same thing to her. I can't reason with her though. My mother is just so paranoid about all the disappearances of young women lately. I'm smart. I know how to take care of myself. I just can't get her to understand. Most of the women who disappear are hookers. That's high risk. I don't do anything high risk."
"Women always have to be careful. All it takes is one homicidal drifter. You stay safe."
"Thanks," she said giving him a shy smile.
Tig paid for his lemonade and candy bar and left. Louise watched him until he disappeared from view. He sure seemed like a nice guy.