Eventually, Jess turned around in her seat and looked at Shannon as if she had known she was there the whole time. Of course she did. Not like Shannon had tried to hide, right?
Wow. Her eyes are so blue.How had she never noticed that before? Shannon barely knew what her own eye color was, though.I wonder if that has any significance. To anything.
Like making Shannon host butterflies in her stomach. There was something about a pair of blue eyes that did her in. All of her exes had them.
“Can I help you?” Jess asked.
“Oh, uh… saying hi.” Shannon scratched her chin. “Sorry I haven’t texted you.”
“Were you supposed to?”
Ouch. Jess could be like that when she needed, huh? “No, I guess not.”
Jess motioned to the chair next to hers. “Want a free reading?”
“You already told me about being an Aquarius.” She hadn’t worn her necklace that day, but shehadread her horoscope. Not that the super generic thing had made any sense. “Can you tell me my future, too?”
“Astrology can’t tell you the future,” Jess said with a droll voice. “It can only offer you advice based on the energy from the stars.” She shrugged. “Or something like that.”
Shannon slowly rose from her seat and joined Jess at her table. Someone looked like they had approached to ask her a question, but quickly turned away. Whoops. Well, if Shannon had caused Jess to lose some business, she didn’t seem too bothered by it. Was it because they were friends? Or because she still liked Shannon?
Why did she have such a need to belikedall the time? It was going to mean Shannon’s end at this rate.
“Sometimes you sound like you don’t really believe in this stuff,” Shannon said.
“Suppose I’m agnostic about it. The whole birth charts and tarot card crap started as a hobby because it was intriguing. Doesn’t mean I put all my stocks into it. End of the day? I care more about how my life is going right now. Tarot and astrology are means to figure out what’s going on in my head. Happens that I’m good at explaining it to other people.”
“I see. Don’t suppose you tell your clients that, though.”
“Of course not. They hate hearing that, especially the skeptics.”
“Why the skeptics?”
“Because it fucks with what they assume. They want me to be a crazy zealot out to ruin their days with cold, hard truths about being Scorpios.”
“Scorpios, huh?”
“Scorpios are always the worst about being told the truth.”
“Didn’t you say you’re part Scorpio?”
Jess wanly smiled. Shannon supposed that was part of the point.
“That woman you did a reading for…” Shannon glanced at the happy couple snuggling on the couch while they drank their teas. “Was that true about them being compatible?”
“According to the stars, yes.”
“Could you tell me about that stuff?”
“About what? Who you are most compatible with?”
“Yeah.”
Jess sighed. “Sure. Aquarius is pretty easy. After all, most of the people I’ve ever been in love with were Aquarians.”
Is that true?Shannon hadn’t known that. Did that include her?She was probably in love with me, and I am an Aquarius.She had also said “most.” There were others? Why did that make Shannon a little… jealous?
“So, give it to me. Who am I most compatible with?”
