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I arrived at the office exactly three minutes early, hung up my coat, and threw my purse on the circa 1950s desk located in my tiny cubbyhole. Wilde Accounting occupied a storefront on River Street in downtown Peshekee (pronounced pah-sheek-ee), the Peshekee County seat. The upstairs had once been an apartment that the storeowner of days past had occupied. Originally the store had been a leather goods shop, which went into obscurity with the passage of time and death of the owner. Wilde Accounting purchased the space after it sat vacant and neglected for years and converted the living/kitchen area into a combo storage/breakroom. Dad’s office occupied the former bedroom, which has a spectacular view of Crystal Lake.
“Good morning,” I said to the office secretary and overlord, Rose G
