Chapter 8
To David, waiting another two days to see Rachel seemed an eternity. To pass the time, he threw himself into his work, placing calls from Hawaii to Maine, from Texas to Ottawa, trying to find a home for the 1500 pairs of unwanted athletic shoes. His diligence paid off; an outlet store in Calgary agreed to buy them at $6.50 Canadian a pair, netting David a nice profit.
That accomplished, David surveyed the mess he called his office, which in most homes would be a dining room. Although he tried to keep his operation neatly organized, sometimes things got out of hand. Now he saw papers, price sheets, and other paraphernalia teetering in sloppy piles. Phone books lay on the dining room table, the coffee table, the kitchen bar. Coffee cups, several with congealing liquid still insid
