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"She?" Tina giggles slightly, and I think it sounds great.
"You can really do that?" Then before I can respond,
"Do you really have to work tonight?" She asked softly..
"Yes, but you won't be alone. You can come with me and sit in the lobby, or I'll see if Dennis will stay here with you. I think Rose will be here later, too."
I know there is no way Mikel will give me the night off. Not now when we're this close to the holidays, and not after he'd already refused to give me this week off to study, and with the economy the way it is, I don't want to have to find another job. I'm just glad he gave me next week off, so I can see my family. I hate having to leave her after what she had just gone through, but I really have little choice. I feel like such a heel.
"I don't want to be around a bunch of strangers. Do you promise to come back here when you get off?" There is no mistaking the fearful hope in her voice.
