Chapter Two
Melony got home well past dark, carrying an armful of files. She thought it was sad that the only thing keeping her company on long nights was work. Then her thoughts would automatically dig up the memory of her disastrous engagement to Jerry. That always set her straight fast, and she wouldn't feel quite as bad and not as lonely as she went over her files late at night with only a cup of herbal tea to keep her warm.
Stopping by the mailboxes just outside of the condo complex where she lived, she unlocked her box and took out the thin stack of mail. Every once in a while, she would order something just to add some excitement to her life and to take the monotony out of the junk mail and bills occupying her box. Maybe she'd send away for something again soon.
Once she was insi
