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Elisa was so engrossed in her reports, that she did not realize that it was late when she looked at her watch. She had gone over the quarterly reports until she could no longer see straight. According to the reports, the magazine was again doing well.

She put the reports away and got up to leave. She walked over to the window and did not see the man on the sidewalk. Good she thought I do not have to see him or deal with him tonight. She was tired and she had called her cook Emilio to have her dinner ready when she got home. She told him that she did not know how late she would be working. Emilio told her that he would have her dinner ready for her and leave it warming for her.

Cora said, when Elisa was ready, she would draw her a hot bubble bath. Elisa loved Emilio and Cora, they were good workers. Elisa had put an ad in the paper for a housekeeper and she had interviewed many different ones until she found Cora. She gave Cora a probation period and had been happy with Cora so she kept her on.

Emilio and his family had immigrated to America when he was nine from Guatemala. His mother had taught him to cook as a young boy. He had been looking for work as a cook when he responded to an ad in the paper by Elisa. She had interviewed him and let him cook for her. He had made her many of his family’s recipe dishes. She loved them and hired him.

She had given Emilio an offer that he could not refuse. She and Emilio had become good friends along with her and Cora. She gathered up her belongings and left her office. Elisa’s driver was outside waiting on her when she walked out. It was a beautiful night. She headed home after a long day.