The woman laughed at her own joke while Caro contented herself with a polite smile, thanking her stars that she had met another kind soul.
*****
The next day saw Caro resume hawking and though she remembered every word of the woman's advice, she still hawked into the garage. Despite her not-so-savory experience with the ruffian the previous day, the impulsive nature of her stubbornness steered her into his territory again, but this time she resolved not to pay a dime.
She was just on her way to attend to someone who had called her over: her third customer of the day, when her ruffian enemy landed from nowhere and blocked her path. She greeted him with a loud, long hiss and an angry stare-down.
"I tell you say make you come see me and you no come, abi? And you still get the liver to com
