““the counter turned to look at her, running his gaze over her like a predator sighting prey, and she clamped her jaw shut and forced her breathing to slow. Think, dammit, slow down and think! She’d prepared for this. She wasn’t screwed - she knew the day might come, so she’d made a plan and put all the pieces into place so she’d be ready. She just needed to slow down and think it through. The plan, she knew the plan backward and forward. Step one… She blotted the worst of the””
