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MARIA

Mary typed furiously on her computer, "Life just sucks! It sucks!", was all that kept running through her head. She wasn't really focused on what she was typing. Her job promotion exam results had been released a few minutes ago. She'd gone to check it with the confident air of one who'd never failed an exam or had cause to worry about failing; only to be shocked with a score far below par and a transfer to a miserable department: clothing! Nobody wanted to be in clothing. You had to check seams and stitches and some irrelevant stuff. Where she belonged was cosmetics. Right at the top rung of the ladder! She'd hoped her face would be on one of the catalogues someday; the company sometimes featured worthy employees. Now, those dreams seemed far fetched. She was going to Clothing! Her move to that department would take effect as of next week Monday... Today was Friday anyways; the week was already over. She had to finish up the work she had left in Babies befor...

THAT LAUGHTER

"Tap tap tap tap tap tap..." Urghhh! Who was it at the door the very moment I'd moved to the much anticipated level 3 of my Video Game???. The persistent tap continued, seemed I was the only one available to answer so I had to go and get rid of the nuisance. It was a young lady; she'd come to buy eggs! Of all things! Such a nuisance wasn't unusual though as my family's poultry was popular in our area. People of all shapes, colours and sizes trooped in from far and near (and just at the wrong moment sometimes!) to buy our farm fresh eggs of premium quality... Yeah...! The first thing that struck me about this face was, "Hmmm, pretty!" Now I know I don't have shabby taste... She had this aura of simple prettiness about her, the way her eyes reflected the day light and the almost perfect shape of her face, the straight nose and pouted lips... Yes, I could take my eyes off her but something kept drawing them back, perhaps to take a better glance, dri...