She wanted what she wanted, and it was the only right thing in her mind, while Shae was more flexible, more willing to appreciate alternative viewpoin...s. For instance, Dave had trouble with the thought of Julie ever becoming friends with Eve, once Eve's past had become known, while Shae had been Eve's best friend. When you got right down to it, Julie had picked up one of her parents' less admirable traits: when her mind was made up, it was made up, and don't try to confuse her with the facts.. She looked at him, slowly shaking her head, concern written all over her face. "You're so pathetic," came her half-hearted try at covering her compassion—and the years of unreciprocated love. "Don't you see what you're doing to yourself? Damn, so she heard about your little secret, made a huge scene, used it as a pretext to leave you and move in with the one person you thought had been your best buddy for close to twenty years and happens to have fathered the two kids you thought were yours.. She gave him a big smile.“You’d hire someone taller to open the store in the morning,” Burl said repeating a conversation that took place nearly every morning.“I hired a new girl. You might want to stop by and meet her. She’s real cute,” Mrs. Temple said.Burl frowned. Mrs. Temple was one of a number of store owners who was always trying to fix him up with young women. Half in jest, he mentally refered to them as the gray haired matchmaking brigade. They meant well, but young attractive women. I walked away without making my copies. She’d never noticed I was right behind her. I was pissed. That little whore had the right to mouth off about me, when she’s a little slut who never does her work? No. I was fuming all day until after school, when I was ready to deal with her. Now, I hadn’t noticed what she was wearing before, but after school I could see very clearly. Her hair was down around her face in loose curls. She was wearing a white tank top so you could clearly see the dark pink.