"Y’know, I was thinking of being a satyr.”
Jennifer stroked his chin.
“A satyr… that’ll be interesting.”
Their chat was cut short when Cliff saw Josh heading out and Mai waving them over.
Cliff grabbed a costume - a set of goat horns and a set of hoofed trousers - then made his way to the checkout counter. He took out a handful of bills and dropped them in front of Lola.
Lola nodded and printed off a receipt.
“Don’t bother,” Cliff muttered.
“No, you need the receipt.”
“I’m in a hurry,”
“Then take it with you. You can take it back any time for a month.”
Cliff shrugged and took the receipt from her hands.
He pulled open the door and looked back at her over his shoulder.
“Thanks.”
And so they went. As they piled into Josh’s car, Cliff stroked Jennifer’s bunny ears. He was more than a little surprised at how soft and warm they were.
“Are those made with real fur?”
Jennifer looked at him with a sly twinkle in her blue eyes.
“Yeah, they’re real.”
Back in the store, Lola looked over her copy of the receipt. One word stood out to her, in cheap black ink: