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I stepped to the side of the forklift and watched a sea of noodles cascade onto the floor. “Uh, well, you might be a little rustier than you thought.”
Meg hopped off the forklift and cringed at all the noodles on the floor. “Want to know something you are going to need to know if you move to Rockton?” she asked me.
Two men were rushing towards us, and it felt like my heart was about to beat out of my chest. “What?”
“RUN!” Meg took off down the aisle, and I looked around frantically. I dove over a pallet of rice behind me and landed with a thud in the next aisle.
“Stop!” a man called.
I scrambled to get to my feet and turned to run. I made it two feet before I smacked right into another store employee stocking shelves. “Grab her, Richard!”
“No, Richard, don’t grab me,” I shouted.
Richard didn’t listen to me. Richard obviously wanted to keep his job and not help some strange woman he didn’t know.
Richard escorted me to some office on the other side of the store and sat me down.
Oh, boy. This was not good. I barely had enough money to pay my bills, and now Meg had destroyed a pallet of mac and cheese.
“Release me!” a woman shouted in the hallway. “I will have you know that I am forklift certified. The card is in my wallet.”
Meg.
The door banged open, and Meg shuffled into the room. “What part of run did you not get?” Meg laughed.
“Both of you sit down, and we’ll be right back.” The man who had brought Meg in shut the door behind him, and the lock clicked into place.
Meg plopped into the chair next to me, panting, and her hair disheveled. “You know when Lo told me to stay out of trouble?” she asked.
I nodded and sighed.
“This is what he was talking about.” She smiled broadly and pulled her phone out of her pocket. “Let me just make a phone call, and then I’ll tell you about the time Cyn, Ethel, and I broke an expensive ass bed.”
She punched a few buttons on her phone and pressed it to her ear. “Honey?” she called.
“No, no, I’m fine, and so is Lennox.” She paused for a second and sighed. “I can’t say the same thing for the pallet of mac and cheese I fucked up.”
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