Mandy Makes Her Mark
““If you could please hold the—” she called, but her voice must not have carried through the rain, because the suits let the door close behind them as they unsnapped their somber black umbrellas and headed down the street, still talking over each other.
“I hope all your shorts go long!” she yelled as an extra-big raindrop splatted a direct hit on her forehead. “I hope your margin calls never call you back!”
Okay, it was juvenile, but two years ago when she moved to L.A. from Ohio, she never woul...d have been able to make geeky finance jokes. Of course, back then she didn’t have to put up with the Pent-Up Suits, either, so named because their hedge fund’s headquarters was in the penthouse floor of the office building, they seemed to be repressing every emotion besides greed, and they wore suits. Everywhere, always, even on Saturdays, which Mandy knew because she practically lived at the office herself.
Another thing: two years ago, when she arrived in Los Angeles, she had no idea it rained here.MoreLess
“I hope all your shorts go long!” she yelled as an extra-big raindrop splatted a direct hit on her forehead. “I hope your margin calls never call you back!”
Okay, it was juvenile, but two years ago when she moved to L.A. from Ohio, she never woul...d have been able to make geeky finance jokes. Of course, back then she didn’t have to put up with the Pent-Up Suits, either, so named because their hedge fund’s headquarters was in the penthouse floor of the office building, they seemed to be repressing every emotion besides greed, and they wore suits. Everywhere, always, even on Saturdays, which Mandy knew because she practically lived at the office herself.
Another thing: two years ago, when she arrived in Los Angeles, she had no idea it rained here.MoreLess
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