From Across The Hall – 10

Sam. Barista-guy’s name is Sam. Ruben has learned this vital piece of information through Becky, who is the manager of the shopping centre’s bookshop and is currently on her way back from the bar. She is also one of the prime sources of gossip for the shopping centre, so Ruben nods as though this is interesting information and not a vital detail to add to his increasingly more detailed daydreaming, hoping she’s not on to him.

It’s not all that often that so many people from the shopping centr...