“She changed so much that year. She was working reception, her folks died and then she saw Nick for the first time. Her inheritance came in about six or seven months after their passing. I thought she’d try to pay me back for what I paid for their funeral arrangements, not that I would have accepted but it always sat wrong she didn’t even bring it up. Later I found out that one day when she visited me at work not long after I was hired, she saw Nick in the parking lot going to his car and immediately fell in love with him. Her words, not mine. She didn’t get hired there to be nearer to me, Mom, she got hired there because she was hoping to catch his eye. When I got hired to be his assistant, she was furious with me and didn’t speak to me for a whole month. She came around though.”
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