I have never heard of this tale, but here goes. uhhh….
For weeks now, since the new year arrived, Jinx determinedly performed a good deed daily in order to uphold her resolution she made, loudly, while more than slightly tipsy from the suspicious liquid she consumed from that punch bowl. This was a mostly positive experience thus far, and she mostly had little regrets. Mostly this deed consisted of merely paying for the order of the next car of the drive thru of the nearest Starbucks, but on occasion this action turned out to be more expensive than she’d like.
Her paychecks were not exactly all that huge of late, and her hours were being cut from work anyway. There was writing on the wall, sort of, that her job was not going to last.
Her manager was sketchy, and she knew it. Jerk. He probably was the one that spiked the punch at the gathering anyway. She couldn't call her job an office job, so the gathering there was definitely not an office party in any sense.
She took in a stray cat. A rat, too, off of Craigslist.
Her living situation was tenuous, but stable. She rented out an RV on a vacant lot. Someone was breaking into the RV while she was away, looking for work. No broken windows, but someone who knew how to get into the vehicle with out breaking anything.
She walked into the RV with him sitting on her side bench, in the dark, naked but for the towel. She was still dressed for the interview she had just bombed, and the slow realization that she was not alone in her home had her in shock. He stood slowly, a shadow against shadows, and she took a step back with her keys still jingling in her hand.
The light from the clicker showed him to be her landlord. He moved in for a kiss, and she demanded he leave. When he wouldnt, she demanded again. He lumbered and lunged for her. She didnt think as she moved sharply aside and shoved. She didnt look where he fell, just heard the dull thump.
She broke the lease that moment. Hopped in her car and left. Cat and rat along for the ride.
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