Post by pierce on Mar 29, 2016 21:43:49 GMT -5
With her mother's car in the shop, Cleo was sent on the fool's errand to check on the status of the work. She didn't even know which car shop she was supposed to be going to, but with a few very helpful directions on the way, she made it to the place. Her mind wasn't exactly on the task at hand. She'd had a long day at school, her classes still fresh with her and her homework assignments still to be done... there was no way that the car was done already, but her mother insisted. She'd been hounding the place since she had left it in their care. For all Cleo knew they were purposely taking their sweet time with it now because of that - not that she'd blame them. Oh well, it didn't hurt to ask, she supposed. Persistence was something her grandfather bestowed on her daughter as well as granddaughter, after all. It was a good thing!
Cleo went inside, feeling a little claustrophobic in the small office area. She quickly realized that she was the only one in there to hear the chime that she'd made with her entrance. There was a bell on the counter though, so she rang it a couple times - pressing her lips together as she waited - occupying herself with the adherence her red lipstick made between them. Where was everyone, was there not even someone to answer the phone? No wonder her mother had made herself such a pest. Her grandfather would have fixed it in less than a few days with the right parts, and he wasn't even an auto mechanic! At least she was much more patient than her mother, she had an assignment to think about. How was she even going to go about working with feathers in a way that wouldn't look completely trashy? Maybe she'd go for a 1920's influence... yeah, that she could do...
As she sketched out something in her mind, she looked to her left, out the window. It overlooked the workshop - she spotted her mom's white Cadillac El Dorado, lifted up on whatever that mechanical doohickey thing was. At least it looked like they were working on it and not letting it sit there. Her mom sure liked to over-exaggerate! Still, not a soul came to her assistance. Though she didn't want to seem impatient, Cleo stepped forward again and rang the bell, just in the case that it hadn't been heard before.