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Chapter 6
Admitting the Past
She took the phone back to Joe and explained the sad story. Joe looked her straight in the eyes. Watch this he said. A blue spark from his hand covered the phone. It lasted just a second or so. Joe pushed the button and the phone powered right up. “Take this to her and ask her to make sure everything still works! Tell her no charge.” She took the phone wheeled around and took it to the woman waiting. With wide eyes, she said, “he fixed it!” “Check it out, be sure it works right.” “It seems to be fine,” she said, “Oh I’m so relieved.” She didn’t need to say that as Diane could see it in her eyes. “No charge,” Diane told her, “But leave the tablet, it will be ready next Tuesday.” Diane took the ticket, pasted it onto the tablet, and said, “see you Tuesday” as the woman left.
Four more customers came in in the next couple hours, each one dropping off their broken computer or phone, explaining what was wrong and taking their ticket as they left. “Not one person has gotten angry”, she thought, “He’s lucky to have me around.” And she grew a great big smile. For a boring job, the time flew by. Joe had come out to check on her a few times, each time they exchanged small talk. He had even remembered to bring out those cookies and Diane munched on one as she realized that she didn’t tear off the receipt and give it to the woman with the two boys. Oh, well, she’ll remember where she dropped it off, or I will call her and remind her.
Joe finally came out of the office and looked at her smiling and said, “dinner?” “I’m famished” she told him. He held the door open for her and flipped the sign to closed.
Joe finally came out of the office and looked at her smiling and said, “dinner?” “I’m famished” she told him. He held the door open for her and flipped the sign to closed.