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•Chapter Eighteen•

=Chapter Eighteen=
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Training Bella
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Monday, 15th of September

"Okay.. so you organized your books from favorite authors in front and less in back? People will have trouble finding books when they walk in." Bella said with her arms crossed in a thoughtful way.

"Yeah, I've considered that. I do plan to reorganize the books again according to author alphabetically but it's a huge project.." I explained.

"Yeah I get that but what else do you have to do around here.." she raised her eyebrows, weight shifting from one leg to another.

"Yes it does get quiet and boring here on occasion. The only reason we haven't reorganized since the last time we did was only because we might have to close the shop for a day or two, and that might be an inconvenience for regulars or anyone who might've tried the shop out that time."

Yes it was complicated. I did feel the need to reorganize the books again as the first time I did it, I was hoping to boost the sales we might get from window shoppers, and that tactic did work, but it also made it hard for everyone else to shop for more specific books, especially since we were gaining a bit of recognition from the community as of late and our sales have gone up.

But for now it was just too large of a project.

"Okay.. but I'm not sure it helps with sales much. We will have to change it sometime." Bella nodded to herself.

"I do agree it's gotta be changed, but remember May doesn't particularly care if her books sell a lot. She wants to see a community grow and see people come together. She wants people to be first over sales."

Bella raised an eyebrow and scoffed. "Alright alright. Don't go all preachy on me. I get it. May already gave me that spiel during my interview.."

I took a deep breath and sighed. "I understand it might sound a little ridiculous to you as you're an accounting major and I'm sure you're smart with money.."

"Yeah. Very." She interjected.

"Anyways I'm just trying to explain that this store isn't ran on profit. May is a wealthy widow who didn't want to be alone with money.. so she often looses money more than she gains."

"Okay.." she looked absolutely bored out of her mind. I decided it was my time to shut up and stop trying to explain myself. It was obvious Bella just wasn't interested in reasons of why things were.

"So who's the guy over there again?" She eyed Jason.

"Uh, Jason."

"Mmm interesting. Why is he here? Does he go to college or something?" She leaned on the shelf, watching Jason from behind the books.

"Uh I'm not sure, but he comes here and either reads or works on his laptop so.. he's just a regular for now."
Stop looking at him.. "anyways uh.. so over here..." I redirected her gaze.

"This is the surprise book section! One of my favorites, and it's quite popular. You get to buy a book wrapped in paper and the description on it. It's the most best selling feature of the shop." I laughed awkwardly.