He smiled again and was gone, leaving me with my mouth still hanging open. Michelle grinned at me before telling me to get my stuff and go home. "You're fired, for now." I gave her a hug and, after a few more goodbyes, I almost sprinted from the building.
Mom, Dad, Kelsey and I had gone out for a celebratory dinner at the Wharf, my favorite seafood restaurant. I'd been promising Kelsey that we'd go to the beach the next day, and we'd arrived a little after nine o'clock with the idea to do a little shopping first. Kelsey was still wearing the parentally approved conservative one piece mom had bought her at the beginning of the summer, so I'd decided to treat her, as long as the parents didn't find out. She was eighteen and about to be a senior in high school, after all. I remember how badl
