"What... ?" Josh barked, jerking his head bolt upright. Hots? This was new... hots... from his mother. She was basically a reserved person. He'd never...heard his mother say anything like that before."Hots? Wha'd'ya mean, Mom?" Josh asked."Well, that's the third time in a few minutes that she's called to talk to you." Good grief, Mom... she lost something... has her library card in it... wanted to know if I'd seen it," Josh replied."Hmph!" Nicole retorted with mock irony. "Any girl who calls. “Service with a smile? You know the concept, yes? It’s all about presenting yourself as someone eager to help. If we consider the upcoming party a job, then this is the job interview. You pass or fail depending on how well you charm the interviewer. If you fail, you don’t get the job.”“…really?”“Well, yes. It’s not like I’m going to haul you into his house at gunpoint, dear. You can always just say no.”Hannah’s expression brightened.“I’d have to take back the money I loaned you, of course,”. ”She looked up at her uncle and took his hand. She felt shaky but he pulled her up off the floor and led her up to the bathroom followed by Steve and Mike.“You can’t go into work looking like this.”Later on that day, as she sat in the office in front of her computer screen looking at a long list of work emails, she thought about how the session had ended. Had they planned it from the very beginning? She thought it must have been that filthy fucker Mike’s idea – and fuck it was good. Initially,. If the cinema had a major refit and modernized everything, it would be likely to regain the popularity it used to have. The problem was the current owner. He was getting on in years and had never done anything to keep the place looking nice. His son wanted to take it over, but the old man was being stubborn, even though it was on the verge of bankruptcy.The son had approached my group when he heard about the charity work they were doing. Bill had taken over, not thinking a charity donation.