A teen girl tried to steal a book from our store

people like that,” she says. “She used to say the world doesn’t need more rules—it needs more understanding.”

I feel a lump form in my throat.

“She would have liked you,” the woman adds quietly.

Something shifts in the room then, subtle but undeniable, like a decision has just been made.

“You’re hired,” she says.

I blink, stunned.

“Wait—what?”

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