just this june,i met a really nice person. she loved shopping as much as i did and so gradually we became the best of friends. she's 10 years ahead of me . . .
the following month, i walk into a store i knew nothing about and this woman dressed in all black approaches me and says-those shoes are on sale and i tell her hat i couldn't afford them. i said: when i get money, i'll come back.
woman:where do you work ?
me: well, i don't
woman: and why not
me: i can' be legally employed in the state of texas
woman: and why not
me: i need to be sixteen
woman:well how old are you
me:i'm 15
woman;when do you turn 16
me: in october
woman: i could hire you in october
she walks me over to the front register and suggests that i call the 1-800 numer to commend them on their service even though i hadn't bought anything and had only known her for 5 minutes and that's when this all started. she says: i'll put the shoes on hold for you
i thank her and tell her that i'd be coming in the next day to get them.i did just that. on the next day she says: you can wash my windows for $8. i gratefully accepted. she said she's buy me a movie ticket and i denied and requested a pair of shoes at the same price and she paid--and again, i was grateful. i add the followin day that i could do any and everything.i would up cleanin and cleaning and i had no problem with it.she was paying me out of her own pocket and i thought:that's awful nice of her. i worked for three days that had added up to 10.5 hours doing various jobs and the amount due was 33.55 that had averages to 3.7 an hour.(far less than minimum wage)almost working for free.she alleged that she would be inept to pay it all at once for her mother needed surgery and i was understanding. she'd given me a 20 and i left for the daythe next week she says:this thursday, when i get off, why don't i take you to olive garden and i said no because i thought i was goin out of town.later on, the jobs built up gradually-more and more and each thuirsday, she managed always to disappear or however.i got a little suspicious.she begins to confide inme that she suspects her daughterisalesbian, her son (older than i) keeps to himself, and that her mother begins to tell her thingsthat she'd never dream of hearing and i listened and input curteously about how her father wasn't really her father and how through generations past she had inherited black blood from a woman on her mother's side and that none of the other siblings are contributing to help their mother's failin health and how she's the only one that'll do it and that sometimes it annoys and frustrates her that her own mother pesters her day and night. i was compassionate and i gave her meaninful advice. after a while of her money not coming in, i found other means of making my ends meet without toiling in the hot sun like i did before i met her.that way, i was able to spend time wit the nice gal i met in june (as friends). i kept her posted on every tom d**k and harry everyday of the week and so i decided she ought to have met some of the people. she had come to see me work one day and she gave me a hug, but behind her i saw the guy at the register look back at her. we run out together and she introduces me to her sister-in-law and i went back into the store to announce that i was leaving to shop in the plaza
i said: what's the matter with you ?! couldn't you introduce yourself ?
he says: well i wish i could have
i disgarded and left.we went shopping for her children and when we'd gotten back-i made the introduction myself and i let her know that he was interested. .later on, i go out of down and she'd forgotten that i told her. she went by to see me but i wasn't there. she started picking up clothes and my soon to be boss said:would you like a job here ?
she replies:no
they gave her an application and she mindlessly filled it out saying: i don't think nicholas would like this. sure, i need a job right about now but in october, when his birthday comes, i'll quit.
woman:(boss) that won't be necessary because i can make room for both of you (which i knew immediately was a lie)
i'd found out about this when i'd come back to town to her house and she told me that all of this hard work was for nothing. i'd been used and i was the big joke.and that that was why everyone asked about my birthday continuously to be satirically funny and that it was soo wrong . . .
each day of the week was worst than the day before it because there was always something oing on. finally, she tells me that she became good friend with the guy i introduced her to and that they'd gone out to clubs and enjoyed each other's company. the misery rolls on by and i found myself at her house again as for us to comfort each other and she calls him and let's him know that i had to leave at 8:30 and he lies and says he has a 30 minute break just so that he could have an excuse see her. i told her that but she was determined to go anyway. i let her know that i
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