“Thank you,” she said softly.“What for?” I asked.“Being the nice guy that you are,” she said, “and for not trying to take that any furth...er.”I just inclined my head towards her, offered her my arm and we set off to walk the rest of the way home.We parted company at the gate to our house and I watched her disappear into next door, turned and walked down the drive to my own.Mum was in the kitchen preparing tea for the family.“Hi,” I greeted her, “I’m just going to get a shower and changed to go. I later discovered that Elena was now in charge of scheduling and that was the reason we had so many closing shifts together.After the night of the party, she would walk past me, smile, and say, WOW. That became our secret little buzzword.One night after a really busy night, it was closing time and, on this night, it was walk-in refrigerator cleaning time. This meant that it was a manager and a worker left in the store until the opening crew showed up.After closing the store, locking the doors,. For her new lover that she hadn't found yet but was contemplating having soon. They walked to the end of the mall and entered Macy's, the huge department store that anchored the malls south corner. "Honey," he said, "I'm going over to the men's department ... I'll meet you back here in what ... say twenty minutes?" Fine!" She said it harshly on purpose and still he didn't react.Michael walked off through the aisles and the one-word snotty answer didn't send any shockwaves through his body as he. They sang the national anthem and the show started. Finally it was his turn after about 5 people went. I was horrified that he was going to get hurt he already had an accident where he lost his left nut literally; because the stupid bull stepped on it. He stayed on for about 3.2 seconds, got bucked off, and when he fell I saw that the bull had stepped on his wrist. Then a few more guys rode and intermission came. I saw him out of his gear and with his mom. “Hey Josh, are you going home?” I.