" Did she say what her last name was?" You don't know her last name? Didn't the temp agency tell you?" I made the check out to them," Sammy said, tryi...ng to find a plausibleexplanation. "I'm sure I knew it, but I don't remember it." Well call them, man," Bret said."I did," Sammy said, feeling as if the conversation was starting to getdangerously convoluted, "but she took her name off their list. No longeravailable. She must have gotten a permanent job somewhere." Pretty crappy record keeping,". Small goosebumps appeared on her skin and she blushed although Sam couldn’t see her face.“Yeah, that would be fine,” Sam laughed his answer that at this point he had no idea what was going on and may as well.Eddie asked Sam if he wanted a beer for this.“I am not old enough to drink, Sir” Sam answered. He had drunk beer before obviously with high school buddies at parties but he wasn’t going to take a drink in front of adults. He was certainly no alcoholic.“Good answer,” Eddie was just testing. I was out on my day off, my single only day off of the week doing things you save for that day: groceries, paying bills, cleaning around the house, squeezing a meal or two in there somewhere, and if there’s time maybe relax at a coffee shop or go to the movies. Today I decided on all of the above. After I finished cleaning it was a little after 4, so I decided I’d go to the movies, get a small popcorn and an Icee. Then I’d go to a cyber-coffee shop, and munch on a chocolate frap while checking. It’s hard to say no to someone like her.” I waited until all the food and cakes were placed on tables before I approached her. “Hi. I’m Mike.” I said, holding out my hand. “Hi Mike. My name’s Jeanine.” As we shook hands, I held her hand for just an extra second or two, just to let her know that I was interested. We talked as we moved around the tables and filled our plates with food. I mentioned the car. She told me that she had always wanted a Porsche and that her husband had bought it in.
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