Someone said he called in with a stomach ache."
"Then he's fired too."
"Too?!" exclaimed Julia.
"Well, let's see, Julia. You missed your shift yesterday without
calling in..."
"I did?"
"You did. And that's the third time this month."
"I can't believe I did it again!"
"You did. And you don't have to tell me which novel you were reading.
I don't need to know." He turned to Rhonda. "And I figure if you
leave now, we won't need to talk about the beauty supplies that go
missing just before your days off."
Rhonda's eyes widened uncontrollably as she gave a guilty grin to the
floor tiles.
"So, adios!" With that, he returned to the Osco floor.
Julia's jaw slackened but Rhonda pealed into outright laughter.
"It's not funny!" shouted Julia.
"Oh, forget this Popsicle-stand! You punched in, right?"
A smile formed reluctantly on Julia's face. "Well," continued Rhonda,
"let''s take off and punch ourselves out in eight hours!"
The smiles and laughter became contagious as they grabbed their jackets
and ran out the back door. The spent the rest of the afternoon taking
in all of the shops that lined both sides of the street.
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