My department had a tent by the main entrance. My primary job, when I was scheduled to be there, was to stand out in front of the open front tent and meet and greet the public.
One of the perks of working the fair in the evenings, after work hours for most people, was that, sooner or later lots of people wandered by that had useful information to share and so did people that had outstanding warrants for their arrest or that were wanted for questioning. Fair week was always a busy week for us.
Tonight’s the rough truck competition. It’s one of the biggest crowd pleasers every year. By 6:00 PM the midway and the main aisles would be shoulder to shoulder. We’ll have our work cut out for us tonight!
I was patting a toddler girl on the head when I glanced up and caught sight of a face I’d be
