Chapter 46. Scheduling Date Appointments

ROBERT

"That's a thousand, five hundred dollars and sixty cents." The grocery clerk at the supermarket's front desk said to me, and I smiled curtly at the young man. 

Taking out my wallet, I took twenty hundred dollar bills and handed them to him, adding, "You can keep the change." 

“Robert…” As we walked out of the store, I heard Renee gasp, and I just shrugged lightly. 

"Oh, my God! Thank you very much, sir!” The attendant called out from behind me, and I waved my hands in response, despite having my back to him.

Renee looked up at me as she pushed the trolley, and I could tell she was trying desperately to hide a smile or stop the laughter that was about to burst from her throat. 

"Here, give that to me." I offered, and before she could even hand the trolley over, I pushed her slightly and took hold of it. 

"I see you're desperate to say something to me about the tip I gave the clerk.” I