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Silent Tears Short Story

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The Silent Tears
Have you ever being robbed? Being robbed is not about being brave, but being safe.
During the Christmas holiday season when I was 14, I woke up early on a beautiful Monday morning trying to find my dad. My dad had a small business at the market place, and I wanted to go to work with him that morning. I was in need of extra money for Christmas gifts. I was full of energy, enthusiasm, confidence and a heart full of love and trust. When I finally found my dad who was outside loading the car with the merchandise, I asked “Dad can I go to work with you today? I want to help you, so I can make some extra money for gifts.” There was a long pause before he said “Are you sure you can handle it, remember it is Christmas time and people come from all over the place to shop, and we will be very busy.” I quickly replied “Of course, I am good with math, and how hard it could be to sell the famous chine melamine dishes? After all they sell own its own.” Well my father continues “Let’s take your sister to help you too.”
On our way to the Market my dad said “I will help you girls to set up and I need to head out to storage to get more merchandise” Before he left he reminded us of the prices of all the items we will be selling in our little store. While we waited for my father to return, we practiced our math so we will be right on with the money. As the time passed my sister and I became better at the small addition and subtraction equations we were practicing. We felt more and more confident so we began to sell more and more. As this beautiful Monday morning continued things took a turn for the worst. A pregnant women approached us and bought more than 100 dollars of item. She had asked me to help her with her bags, the woman had told me that she was incapable of lifting heavy things. Once we got to her house she had promised me that she should pay and tip me. As the nice 14 year old I was I thought that this would be a win-win situation. As we began the short walk to her house, she began to compliment me and out nice conversation had allowed for me to build a trust with the unknown woman, and did not suspect anything would go wrong. Once we got to a certain ally which the woman said was on the way to her

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