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was smiling back at him from his wrist.
“Where did you meet this angel?”
    “I
told you, in the jewellers.”
    “Where
in the jewellers? Was she a customer?”
    Frankie
shook his head and finally tore his loving attention away from his new watch.
“She served me. She works there. She’s called Beth.” He sighed and looked off
into the distance. “Isn’t that a beautiful name? A name for an angel.”
    “Did
you just ask her out? Just like that?”
    “No.
She saw me looking at the watch and told me I had good taste. I told her I
wasn’t sure about buying it and, before I knew it, I was telling her all about
my storage locker business. She was very impressed, I could tell. She let me try
the watch on. She told me it looked good on me. I knew that but it was nice to
hear Beth say it. Once I’d bought the watch I told her I felt like celebrating.
Beth said I could take her out for a drink tonight to celebrate.”
    Grace
leant back in her chair and folded her arms. She could have sworn she heard
Pearl’s voice mutter ‘Hussy’ behind her. Grace chose a kinder expression.
“She’s very confident. I wish I had that kind of confidence.”
    Frankie
clasped his hands together and smiled. “She’s beautiful, out of my league. I
would never have asked her out in a million years, and you know how attractive
I am to women.”
    Grace
knew for certain this time that Pearl muttered another word behind her, this
was aimed at Frankie and it wasn’t a pleasant word. Grace wished she had even a
quarter of the confidence that Frankie had. She said, “When are you going out
on your date?”
    Frankie’s
clasped hands tightened and his knuckles turned white. “Tonight. She’s going to
meet me at a restaurant at seven.” He gulped. “What am I going to wear? Should
I have a shower? What aftershave should I put on?” He gulped again and beads of
sweat appeared on his brow. “How long have I got to get ready? What time is it?”
    Grace
smiled. She’d never seen him looking so nervous before. She glanced towards his
watch. “You’ve got plenty of time. Yes, of course you should have a shower. And
a small amount of aftershave would be good, not the usual amount that you wear.
You don’t want to knock her unconscious.”
    Frankie
released his clasped hands and pulled at the collar of his shirt. “Grace, will
you stay and help me decide what to wear? You haven’t got anywhere to go, have
you? No, of course you haven’t. I think I should wear my light blue shirt, it
brings out the blue in my eyes. It needs an iron. Can you do that whilst I have
a shower? Ta. And can you give me a lift to the restaurant? It’ll save me
having to ring a taxi.” He stood up and his hand flew to his tummy. “I think I
need the toilet first.”
    Grace
winced. “Too much information. Frankie, are you alright? You seem nervous, I’ve
never seen you like this before.”
    Frankie
rubbed his tummy. “I’ve got a feeling that Beth is the one.”
    Grace
stood up. “What do you mean?”
    “The
one I’m meant to be with. Forever. There’s something about her.”
    “But
you’ve only just met.” Grace could feel her voice rising.
    Frankie
shrugged. “What can I say? When you know, you just know. I’m sure it’ll happen
to you one day.” A noise erupted from him. “Better go, the toilet is calling
for me.” He ran past her and out of the kitchen door. Grace heard him
thundering up the stairs that led to his living area. The rooms above the shop
used to be storerooms for extra stock, but they had now been converted into
Frankie’s living accommodation. And their stock was now stored in various
storage lockers. The irony of it.
    Pearl
appeared behind Grace. “Well! What a palaver! What do you think is going on
there with your brother?”
    “I
don’t know. I’m not sure I like it. Where did Jenny go? Did you see what
happened in the vision?”
    Pearl
nodded. “I saw everything that you did. That young lass was in a right state
when