They were so close he would start her sentences. They were so close that he would sneeze and she would say, "God bless you." They were inseparable lik... they were stuck together with crazy glue. It was like she was a Pez and he was the dispenser.She would never forget the day they met. It was at a party at her friend Becky's. Mary was just kind of standing around when she saw this guy just kind of standing around. That was John. They shared a look and then they both wandered over to get a bottle. I don't paint my nails, however. It's too late and I have an importantmeeting tomorrow. I can't afford to be reckless. But I set the nailpolish out on the desk, in plain view. The rest of the night, I keptrunning the experience through my mind. Over and over again, each timethinking about those two minutes with the clerk. I even gave her aname: Katherine. Katie, for short. That sounded right to me. It wasfun and flirty, but firm and traditional at the same time.From then on, I was. He went to her office andentered and sat down. He started, "I have a question that is bothering me. Could ithappen that the company decides that I am too much of a bother tokeep around?" Mrs. Jennings said, "I have talked to my superior about ourmeetings yesterday. She assured me that as long as your work is upto par you would have a job. She told me the government has prettystrict rules about discriminating against sexual preference in theworkplace. If you keep up the way you are you won't. Finally I said OK, spill the beans. She leaned across the table and said his name is Walt, he is not married and he said he would be happy to fuck me. I said hold on a second, just how did that conversation go? She said I walked back in the store, he was ringing up someone at the register so I waited untill they left. Then I said excuse me, he looked at me and smiled then he said I remember you. She said yeah that's why I'm back here. She said I glanced around to see if I could speak without.