"Samantha"

The week was going really well; I'd already made some great sales. Manu left the store where she worked. She told me she'd made a great sale to Heitor and that he'd hired her, and she was very happy. I was happy for her, but now I'd lost my partner.

However, Heitor was spending a lot of time here at the mall. He'd show up every day during my break and take me out for coffee. He was begging for my phone number, and I was having fun with it, because even his nephew already had my number, except for him.

On Wednesday, Enzo invited me to lunch. He wanted to introduce me to his girlfriend, a sweet and talkative girl. After lunch, when we stopped at the store door, he said to me:

"Auntie, you're beautiful!" He was as flirtatious as his uncle. "I can't come to the mall next week; it's exam week, and my mom would kill me." "Okay, sweetie. But why are you telling me this?" "We were getting along really well."

"Because I want to ask you something."

"I'm listening."

"Please give your