Claire excused herself from the customer she was helping and walked towards Dave. They didn’t speak at first but then Claire broke the silence: “Hi, Dave”. Her tone was different this time, not the stern and somewhat angry voice she’d use all those times before.
Claire kept looking at Dave while her mind drifted back to the conversation with her manager after the incident. She remembered the stern look on her boss’s face. Even though he understood her predicament, he still wasn’t happy about Dave and him being there.