... Vacant ....

The department store had been closed for three hours, 44 minutes and six seconds.

Jane hated the way the fluorescent light made everything look so sterile. As she sat on the floor, color coding the shipment of men’s ties that came in previously that day, she thought to herself about where they would end up over the next year or so... A father’s day gift may turn into a noose, or a wonderful promotion present from some executive’s wife would possibly end up on the floor of a cheap hotel during one of those “late nights at the office”.

The strange thing was, there was no root to these bitter thoughts. Jane had never even had a boyfriend. Her mother had always told her that men were the devil and if she ever did give in to their compliments, she would end up with a broken heart and a few illegitimate children.

Jane just so happened to be very observant...