The towering blue building was Elzi's destination that afternoon. For what? Because she had not succeeded in contacting Ben, she threw all her common sense out of her mind. She was being daring, that was the right word to describe her actions this time.

To hell with it! It's better to endure a moment of embarrassment in front of Ben than to endure months of overtime with Miss Ellington. Like Vara said, do I want to die young before getting married?

Although, of course, sometimes being twenty-nine made people no longer consider themselves young.

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