Chapter 16

“its free for both of us if we don’t tell on each other.” Sly boy.

“Done,” I felt elated. A job. I had a job! Sure, Michael seemed a bit creepy and the benefits were a bit too sketchy to be honest I had nothing better to do.

“Michael Thunks,” he smiled holding out his hand.

“Echo,” I shook his hand back.

“Just Echo?” Michael didn’t release my hand.

“Just Echo,” I nodded.

“Neat name. Uniform shirt is in the back. Maybe you should grab some jeans too,” he looked down at my sport shorts. "There's some in stock in the back I haven't hung on the rack yet."

I nodded and walked behind the counter to the back room. The space wasn't very big but that was to be expected. Looking around, it was hard to find the uniforms he was talking about. Below the counter of paperwork and locked drawers, there was a rubber maid full of black polo shirts of different with the store’s name in the upper left corner. There were some merchandise in boxes and on a table, one had a pair of skinny jeans that were my