The next day was Chaos Central.
After only a few hours of sleep, we got a call from mall management asking me and Felicity to come down ASAP to figure out what we wanted to do next.
I got her up. Being the gentlemen we are, Guy and I let her shower first. She tried to use as little hot water as possible, but I think Guy, who showered last, got a lot of cold water or at least tepid. He didn’t complain, though. As we left, he said he’d see me later.
After listening to all the management options, Felicity and I agreed to open a smaller version of Penny’s down the row of stores and across the walkway at the edge of the food court, one of the noisiest, rowdiest areas of the mall. It would be a temporary location while the original Penny’s was cleaned up and put to rights.
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