"It's new. Do you like it?" I stand away from the counter and give her a little twirl, beaming with the adoring way she appraises me.

"Beautiful as always. You're such a ray of sunshine in this place. I wish that one would learn she has a figure she could show off. Might have caught a husband by now if she wore a dress once in a while." She throws her daughter the side-eye and gets an eyeroll in response. The usual bickering between them is because she feels like her twenty-five-year-old should be settled down.

"Hey... if I wanted a man, there are a few who are interested. I'm...