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“Good morning, Veronica.” I offer my hand to the petite woman sitting cross-legged in one of the uncomfortable green and gray chairs in the foyer. “Right this way.”

Now I know this girl, dressed so inappropriately for an interview, can’t be a better match for the job than I. Look at her – a poorly-made fake Louis Vuitton. Blue shoes with her cheap, wrinkled black suit. Hair that looks like it’s been teased since the eighth grade. Drag queen makeup. You’ve got to be kidding me.

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Chris loved being at the café. For him, it provided a sanctuary from the haunting memories of his past. Today, the place was near empty as he walked in, the clanging bell on the door announcing his arrival.

Jen looks up from her cup and releases the hand of her companion to flash Chris a winsome smile. He shoves a hand in his front pocket and pulls out a twenty, which he slaps down on the young man’s gargantuan calculus textbook.

The guy, Micah, looks up at Chris and smiles without a word of thanks. Just takes the twenty, gathers his belongings, and stumbles away.

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If I get in trouble, that means Mario will be in trouble, and the last thing I want to do is get my boss in trouble. And definitely not now, the way things are going around here. If Danny got rid of Calvin so easily - a devoted City employee for the last 13 years - he’d surely welcome the chance to fire Mario.

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Yes, five more years of small-town politics, polluted air, and bologna sandwiches for lunch. And five more years of keeping knuckleheads away his oldest daughter, Jennifer, who happens to be exiting his building as he arrives. Damn, is all he can say to himself, wondering if she could look any more like her mother. But why did she insist on going so extreme with her outfits? He often found himself wondering how the bulk of her wardrobe didn’t get Jennifer sent to detention. Sooner or later, he’d have to make good on his threat to rid her closet of all items that could be easily mistaken for washrags.

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Good Lord! What the heck just happened? I’ve seen it in movies and on tv a million times, but who knew it could happen here, in the offices of Buena Beach Parks & Beaches Recreation Division? Too bad it was over so quickly – this place is just begging for a little drama. But, really – what could Calvin have done to get himself…fired?

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“Anyway, babe. I gotta go. Something’s happening. Alright – bye.” Steadying herself on the frail pieces of wood and metal she calls shoes, Diane rises slowly from her padded swivel chair and steps coolly towards Danny’s door, which has been left slightly ajar.

Another foot and a half closer and those muffled grunts will be comprehensible statements. Hopefully, blameful, controversial statements that she’ll be able to reenact over lunch with Sandy.

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