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“Sandra the boss wants to see you in his office.” “What the hell do he want me for? I don’t know girl it might be because he just fired Ernest.” “What! I don’t see what that’s gotta do with me.” I don’t know but I’m just the messenger I did my job.” “Okay thanks Cindy.” As I walked thru the Men’s department of Milo’s Style Shop the smell of fresh fabric and leather flowed thru my nostrils I noticed one of the fluorescent lights flickering above me “gotta mention that to Mr. Milo that light irks me that butch-ass dyke Sheila checking me out as I walked by I know she wants to lick me from the tip of my toes to the tip of my nose, but it would have to be on a deserted Island in the middle of the Ocean before that happens. Mr. Milo’s office door was closed I knocked lightly, “is that you Sandra? He yelled out, “it’s the one and only.” I opened the door there he sat behind his big ass desk with papers, files and sticky notes all over his desk amid three or four coffee cups all half filled with cold coffee left in them. Mr. Milo was a slim middle aged Jewish man with long sideburns with a little bit of hair under his lip but no mustache, that I never understood. He wore these thick black frame glasses parked to the tip of his long nose. His eyes lit up as he looked up,” Sandra! Have a seat relax your feet for a spell I got a couple of items for you today, you doing okay today?”“ Yes Mr. Milo.” “Hey I just wanted to thank you for the heads up on Earnest when he started working here 6 months ago you told me to keep an eye on him he ‘s up to something. I didn’t see it at first but he started volunteering to stay late and clean up a little too much for me so I had my friends on the force to keep an eye on the store for me a few times a week, and what do you know old Earnest was letting his boys come in with stolen merchandise from other stores and Earnest was putting this shit on my racks with his own secretly marked price tags and then selling them and splitting the money with his boys, slick little scheme but if you hadn’t said something he would have had me for a while. Well this leads me to my second item as you know Earnest was the best sales manager in the men’s department, and you’re my best in the Women’s department. Cindy is the second best in sales behind you only because you taught her all the tricks. Why don’t you take over the management of Men’s and Women’s department” “Oh! Wait a minute I thought you said a year ago when I asked for that position that” only men know what men want” “well I knew you were going to bring that up Sandra but I couldn’t help but notice how you damn near sold a whole rack of merchandise that week Earnest took off for his Grandmothers funeral. I have always been willing to try new things when the time is right.” I folded my arms across my chest and looked at him “ you know I will break all your sales records cause you know I can charmed the fur off a polar bear.” “That’s what I want to hear Sandra I know you will do well. I will even give you 15% “commish” on all non- sale stuff, and a weekly increase of $80 bucks.” “Oh Mr. Milo um bout to break you, them racks will be empty by weeks end thank you for believing in me. “

He took his glasses off and chuckled loudly. “Oh my-my-my you remind me so much of your mother just then.” “Really Mr. Milo” “Yes Sandra my wife Sarah and I were crazy about your Mom , Sarah and Rita were very close but after the robbery” Mr. Milo suddenly looked up as if he was looking to heaven “we love you and miss you Rita” Sarah never stepped foot in this store again. She’s got pictures of you and your mom all over her study at home.” He reached in his desk draw and pulled out a 5x7 envelope marked Sandra and said “this was the last picture of her she wanted you to have it.” I pulled out the picture and it was me at 5 years old sitting on my mothers lap as she sat next to Sarah on a paisley printed sofa all of us had on birthday hats and balloons were all over the place with the number 5 on them I felt warm tingles all over my body my mother was a beautiful woman it seemed like she was smiling at the world on this picture. “Wow! this was my 5^th Birthday party.” “ Yes sweetheart Okay Sandra before you witness a grown man with tears get out there and get your Men’s department in order for tomorrow you know Saturday’s will be our biggest day of the week good luck.” I stepped around his desk and gave Mr. Milo a big hug “thank you Mr. Milo I won’t disappoint you.” “Send Cindy back here when you get to the front. By the way how’s your Aunt Delia?” The smile evaporated quickly from my face,” I haven’t seen or talked to her in 5 years.” I walked out thinking he knows I hate that bitch why does he keep asking about her. I walked back through the men’s department with a different attitude this time looked at how I was going to rearrange everything. Thinking to my self one day I will have my own shop on the Gold Coast one day. My day dream was suddenly interrupted when Cindy grabbed my arm “girl I guess you didn’t get fired with that heavenly smile in your face what happened?

What he say?”

“He said he wants to see you now girl,” “Oh shit girl what for?” “Cindy why you actin so scared? It just might be something good.” She looked at me with a puzzled look on her face and walked slowly towards the back. I took the picture out again to look at my beautiful mom wow! We have the same nose and smile. Thanks Mom for looking out.