10 - Beach Job
The same day
Rob was walking about the beach, casting some stale chips to the hungry gulls, after a filling meal at the place where her sister worked. At the door, he had encountered the same close-cropped girl with the crutches, she having finished. She had had recognized him and asked about his job, and looked so empathic that he almost blurted the truth to her.
The diner had a cool Mom and Pops atmosphere, and the couple owning the place treated Mel as a daughter. He wondered if poor Eliza would not be faring better here. At least, she would have his proud sister hovering nearby.
He had taken the morning to update his resume, then had walked out in widening circles to check out some quick-cash places similar to Easy-Peasy Money Marts (that Safe Harbor did not have one
