Queen of the Shopping
Mandy has things
to do today. She’s finally getting around to her list today. She looked at what
she needed to do.
“Let’s see.
Super glue, tomatoes, batteries, SIM card, nail polish…” she read to herself.
Mandy narrowed her eyes and read over the list. A confused look came over her
face.
“What is this?”
she asked. She took a couple more minutes to read over the list. The intern
looked more confused.
“Milk?” she
asked. “When did I write down?” The device in her ear started ringing. She
reached up and turned it on.
“Hello?” she
asked.
“Mandy?” the
boss asked.
“Boss?” the girl
asked. “What is it? Did you write down milk on the list?”
“Milk? What are
you talking about?” he asked. “That’s not what I called you for.”
“What did you
call me for? What did you want?” Mandy asked.
“I am going to
need you to pick up something for me,” the boss said. “I will send you the
directions.”
“Okay…” Mandy
said.
“It won’t take
you long, I promise,” he said. “Five minutes at most.” The band on her wrist
pinged. Mandy used her finger to move the screen. The map appeared in a
hologram.
“Ah. I know
where that is,” she said. “Sure.”
“Great! I knew I
could depend on you,” the boss said. “Meet me at the Swordfish.”
“Yes sir,” Mandy
said. She gave off a single salute. The boss hung up on his end of the line.
Mandy looked at her list again. She stared at “milk” on the list. She still
couldn’t figure it out. The girl shrugged to herself.
“I will figure
it out later,” she said to herself. The girl put her notebook in her bag.
“Right,” she said. The girl marched straight into the mall. She was going to go in and out and get shit done. Good thing the boys weren’t here with her.