As the day continued, Claire’s thoughts drifted off to Dave when there were no customers around. She wondered, who really was this Dave behind his messy hair and old clothes? Was she wrong about him all along? In Alexanders’ presence Dave seemed to change from beggar to someone with an unexpected backstory; what could that be?
She kept thinking back to what Alexander had told her: “quite an interesting presence”. Maybe she should tell her boss that Alexander said that. That might explain why she didn’t get Dave removed from the plot, apart from not wanting to insult Alexander of course.