” I chip in with, “You will be right at home here, there are enough fruitcakes around here already and an extra gooseberry wouldn’t be noticed o...r thought out of place.”“Well my flower, should we go and have a few choice words our friends in Blackwater, would you care to choose them or may I”“I would be very interested in your choice of words when we meet them, if they are as interesting as previous encounters, I think Ken and Sue will need a couple of pint’s apiece to help them recover. Should. ..Anyway, I was seated in the dining room, and awaited the arrival of my server. With two minutes, Sarah arrived. Now, often, some servers tend to look like other servers - kind of blending together. Sarah is a totally different story.Sarah greeted me with a great "welcome." I looked up to her face, and was smitten right out of the chute. Sara is (I found out later) is a 40 y/o single mom. 2 girls - ages 8 & 14. She's worked at this restaurant for 4 years. Normally a polished individual, I was. I knew they would get me and kill me if I refused them. I was scared, frightened, petrified.How did I find myself here, what had I done to merit this much loathing? Why me? I was only a youngster.I crawled under the bush and crouched down as low as I could get. I wished I lived underground. A snap of a twig, rustling of leaves. There was no wind. They were close, getting ever closer. I decided to run. I was up and sprinting as fast as my legs would carry me. Fear made me twice as fast as I. “I didn’t realize she had her own stationary. But, yes, this will do just fine.”That’s not her stationary; that’s Dad’s. People don’t realize just how much influence Mom has with him.Emanuel laughed. So, all I need to do is fill out this form and sign it, and we’re good as far as the school is concerned. Good, this won’t take long. A few moments later, he handed the form back. “There you go. We’re all set, right?”“This will take a day or two to process, but yes. I’m guessing you’d rather stay.
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