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when business was slow. Working the ticket window reminded her far too much of her earlier, non-management years with the theatre.
    As the manager of the Marcus theatre Picker-ington location, which was about a forty minute commute from Malvonia, she often felt that those duties were now beneath her. Last week, to Paige’s dismay, an employee had quit. Paige had been forced to cover her ticket window duties until she could hire another employee in her place. In Paige’s one year of being a manager, this was the first time anyone had quit without the standard two-week notice.
    Ordinarily Paige loved her position, but she’d been complaining about her recent duties to Tamarra since having to do them. Other than that, Paige had no other complaints whatsoever about her job.
    A few more patrons came to the window, and Paige painted on a smile as she served them. Once the small line disappeared, she groaned before looking at her watch again. “Yes!” she said in a hushed tone. “Just five more minutes, and I’m out of here.”
    A smile crept across Paige’s face. At eight o’clock she would be a free woman. Free to go home, cook her a Lean Cuisine dinner while she took a shower and got nice and comfy in her PJ’s. After doing that, she’d sit down and watch some reality show re-runs. She looked out the ticket window, and her smile slowly evaporated. Although she was excited for eight o’clock to arrive, it looked as though the gentleman outside the window wasn’t.
    The man who had purchased those two tickets a few minutes ago still stood outside, pacing as he repeatedly looked at his watch every few seconds. He looked as though he wished either eight o’clock would delay itself for a little longer, or his date would put a move on it.
    Paige tried to play it off when he caught her staring at him. An embarrassed expression covered his face as his light skin cheeks reddened. Paige figured the poor man now wished that he had never even told her that he was expecting someone to show up and relieve him of that second ticket; especially now that it appeared as though this person was going to stand him up.
    â€œThree tickets to the next viewing of The Women ,” one of three young women who stood in front of the ticket booth requested.
    Paige turned her attention to her task at hand. She had just completed the transaction when the door behind her opened.
    â€œHey, boss. You ready to break this joint?” Norman asked. She must have been too busy waiting on the women to see him enter the theatre.
    Just then, Paige realized that there, in deed, was one other complaint she had about her job. One of her employees. Norman.
    Norman entered the ticket booth appearing more than anxious to relieve Paige of her ticket counter duties. Paige should have counted that as a blessing, but she knew his anxiety was self-serving and had nothing to do with his desire to rescue her from the Lion’s Den. That was her nickname for the ticket booth. She knew that the real reason for his excitement lay in his readiness to flirt with the women who came to the ticket counter in hopes of getting a phone number or two.
    Norman loved when what he called “chick movies” were playing at the theatre. That meant chicks would be coming in droves. He’d never gotten more phone numbers in his life than when the movie Sex and the City was playing. Now he was aiming to beat his personal best with the movie, The Women , starring Jada Pinkett-Smith.
    Norman had worked for the theatre for four years, which was one year longer than Paige had. But when the manager position became available, Paige’s skills and dedication paid off more so than Norman’s length of time with the company. Norman didn’t make a stink about it because he knew that he could sometimes be a slacker. Besides, managerial duties would take him away from all the action that he so looked forward to as he worked the