He processed my payment with the same unquestioning swipe of the white bankcard Claire had promised. It does bother me that I'm not directly paying with my own funds, but as this is a 'corporate account' it might be better to keep things… aligned.
"Pleasure doing business with you. I'll be over there in a bit. If you need anything else, just call - we've got accounts with most of the other suppliers in town too. But if you can leave that woman out of your visit next time?"
"No promises. I didn't include her in it this time, either."
With that sort of lie, considering she did direct me here… I left the store and began walking to a mattress store to get an eye on some of their models. With a pause in my step about a hundred feet from Stroman Supply…
