Then she said that she was robbed last week. It seemed she’d forgotten to lock the door, and when she turned around a man put his hands around her neck and demanded all her money. She said she couldn’t believe this was happening to her and that she called him “sir.” “I told him he was welcome to all the money and that I hoped he spent it wisely.” After she emptied the cash drawer, he asked for a cord or something he could use to tie her up with. “I promised him that if he let me be, I wouldn’t call the police,” she said. “So he didn’t tie me up and I didn’t call them.” “But why?” I asked.
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