A Close Call

I don't know what prompted my mind to dig up this memory while I was at work, but I felt compelled to write it down.

For a couple of months after college, and before I had my first accounting job, I worked at a blockbuster movie rental place. Not as a manager mind you. I was just an normal hourly employee. Well, halfway through my employment there, the manager hired a very cute blond to work the evening hours. Upon first meeting her, you could tell she was raised in an area that could only be described as "very very country". Her accent was thick and she was a bit rough around the edges but very sweet.

After a few shifts working together I got up the courage to ask her out, and surprisingly got a very excited 'yes'. The happiness I had for this situation was short lived. The next evening, which happened to be my day off, her ex-boyfriend convinced her to help him rob the store after it closed. They were both caught and prosecuted.