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"I know what you want!" she said. She fished his paycheck out of the lock box.

Jim looked troubled as she cashed his check.

"Hey—hey," Jim said, under his breath. I feel shame to admit this: I ignored him.

Then he "Psst"ed.

I widened my eyes at him.

"You going on break soon?"

"Yeah, maybe soon," I said. We were whispering at the end of the counter.

"There's something I gotta talk to you about."

"Oh. Oh. Okay."