Taking the Fifth
“The box office was open and doing a brisk business when I got there a few minutes after two.
While I waited in line, I studied the life-size posters of Jasmine Day that were displayed around the ticket booth. Huge black-and-white stills showed a lithesome lady of indeterminate age, wearing a skin-tight dress and singing into a handheld microphone. The way her sultry lips grazed the mike was nothing short of provocative.
“May I help you, sir?” The impatience in the ticket seller’s voice ...jarred me out of my reverie and told me it wasn’t the first time she had asked.
“Yes. I’m here to see someone with the show.”
“We still have tickets for this evening’s performance.”
“No; I want to see someone with the show, someone who’s in charge.”
“You’ll have to go to the administrative office, if you want someone important,” she said icily.MoreLess
While I waited in line, I studied the life-size posters of Jasmine Day that were displayed around the ticket booth. Huge black-and-white stills showed a lithesome lady of indeterminate age, wearing a skin-tight dress and singing into a handheld microphone. The way her sultry lips grazed the mike was nothing short of provocative.
“May I help you, sir?” The impatience in the ticket seller’s voice ...jarred me out of my reverie and told me it wasn’t the first time she had asked.
“Yes. I’m here to see someone with the show.”
“We still have tickets for this evening’s performance.”
“No; I want to see someone with the show, someone who’s in charge.”
“You’ll have to go to the administrative office, if you want someone important,” she said icily.MoreLess
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