Introduction

Daisy clutched her warm mug and giggled.

Cammie agreed and threw her head back, filling the kitchen with one of her infectious laughs.

“What do you mean?”

Before I could interject, she continued,

“With long sleeves and a bow at the neck.” said Daisy.

“Chains on your glasses, hair in a bun, fish brooch and five WWJD bracelets on your wrist.”

“I’m really looking forward to this job. And after being sat in a call centre, wearing shabby clothes, I’m quite looking forward to dressing smart again. Besides, if that’s your real image of a saved saleswoman’, shouldn’t it be broken?”

The first day of my new job – the 29th of December – was a memorable one. Telephone banking had proved to be disappointing, especially as there were no decent hours available. 2pm to midnight didn’t suit me at all. How lovely it was going to be, doing a 9-5 job again!

Casper, the assistant manager, had the task of showing me around the shop. Considering his natural introverted nature, he was quite chatty and seemed to enjoy telling me tales about the customers.

As Casper continued to recall the incident, he became more and more agitated and grabbed an NLT New Testament that had fallen on its side.

I smiled encouragingly as the pocket bible banged loudly on the shelf.

There was no smile on Casper’s face.

Indeed, I could tell from his expression that this was not a joke.

“Better keep on the right side of him.”

This was life in a Christian bookshop.