average american beauty

Caroline will regularly check the member registration accounts, so she is not worried about the sales details and balance. When checking, she mainly pays attention to the records of the same shopping card used by multiple people and the records that the customer's confirmation signature does not seem to be consistent.

After some research, she really found two records with special shopping details.

These two cards have several users with different surnames, and the pre-deposit amount is very high, but each purchase usually involves one or two items, including accessories for women and cigarette cases for men.Caroline thought about it and found it interesting. She guessed that this card should be jointly issued by a friend or colleague, and the most cost-effective amount was pre-deposited during the event and then used in rotation.

As for the shopping card that was suspected of being embezzled, Caroline couldn't find it.However, she counted all the card numbers that were shared by multiple people or whose signatures were not consistent, and then handed them over to the staff at the preferred counter, asking them to properly keep the shopping cards when these customers come to shop next time. remind.

Caroline didn't really wait for Ms. Green until a week later.

Ms. Green is quite satisfied with Caroline's work during this period, and is also very pleased that Caroline has grown in all aspects during the half month.As for those little episodes, they seemed normal to her, as long as Caroline could handle them properly.

Because of Ms. Green's unexpected trip, the plan for the special event plan for new members and the design plan for the "Meisi Best Store" that were supposed to start have not been finalized.So in the two or three months after Ms. Green returned to Chicago, Caroline's work did not decrease but increased.

Although the main building of the new "Meisi Best Store" is built on the open space behind the Meisi Department Store, there is also a very spacious passage leading directly to Debone Street in the front as the main entrance and exit.Although everyone has worked hard to isolate the construction site and clear the road around Hermes department store every day, the construction will still have a little impact on customers who come to shop.

Ms. Green had already handed over the affairs of the Best Store to Caroline before, so unless it was a big decision that needed to be discussed with her, the rest would be decided by Caroline herself.Ms. Green herself is contacting and cooperating with new manufacturers, because the size of the Meisi Premium Store will be more than ten times that of a premium counter. She and Caroline have already had many new product ideas.

At the same time, Ms. Green also gave Caroline a certain amount of financial power, and Caroline can directly withdraw from the accountant Mr. Felix for small expenses.

Caroline is not only responsible for the affairs of the premium counter every day, but also communicates with customers on behalf of Ms. Green, and often needs to discuss various details with the supervisor of the construction department.From the list of construction materials to the arrangement of the workers, she pays attention to details, and checks the sales records of the preferred counter every day after get off work.

Almost every night, Caroline would walk through the halls of the mall where the lights had been turned off, and with the low night falling, she would leave the already empty Meisi department store in a carriage.

On this day, when she asked for leave and got off work early, looking at the sun hanging in the middle of the misty blue sky outside, she actually felt a little strange.

She deliberately went home early to see Isabella off.

Isabella had already contacted Mr. Rizzo's friends and family members before, and they agreed that Isabella would go to New York to meet them first, and then set off for the UK together, and then depart from the UK to Europe.She was leaving for her first stop tomorrow night, so today was the last time she met Caroline before departure.

"Have you lost weight recently, Caroline?", Isabella looked at her roommate carefully and asked softly.Seeing Caroline busy with work these days, she felt a little distressed.

Caroline walked to Isabella, looked at herself in the full-length mirror, and pursed her lips helplessly.

Because of the busy work, she is indeed much thinner than before.Although the current society prefers slim women, it is still different from the later trend of pursuing thinness as beauty.In the past, Caroline had a soft and well-proportioned figure, with a tall stature and a good face, she was a beauty in line with the standards of the times.

Now she is thinner than before, the edges and corners of her face look more obvious, and she looks thinner than Isabella who was originally slender than herself.

"During the time I went to study, you have to take good care of your health alone. Sometimes if I didn't make breakfast for you together, you might forget to eat breakfast, right?"

"If Uncle Andrew asks you for advice next time, or uses your modified design style, he will pay you, but you must take it. Don't be polite to him every time. Many of the suggestions you give are not good. Very useful."

"Usually you can rest by yourself when you have a chance. I left you a whole set of painting tools. Don't even think about moving. You can live here with peace of mind in the future. The apartment is vacant and it is also vacant. It's right for you to help me take care of it. "

"If you have anything to say to Francis, he will definitely help you."

Caroline looked at Isabella who was gently exhorting her, her eyes gradually turned red.

Isabella is the person Caroline has been with the most in private since she came to this world.In front of this friend, she doesn't have to remember that she was once Sister Carrie like she did in front of her sister Minnie, nor does she have to show her best side all the time like she does in front of Ms. Green.She can also be more open than in front of Vivian and Joanna. After all, no matter how good friends are, there are always topics that are inconvenient to talk about among colleagues.

She is like a gentle sister who always silently provides a lot of help for herself.

Today there are neither telephones nor internet that can cross oceans, nor planes that can reach another city overnight.Even a letter often has to travel across the ocean for more than a month before it reaches another person.

Although Isabella is temporarily going to school to study, maybe she will stay in another continent for a long time, and no one can guarantee whether the two will see each other again.

Suddenly, Caroline thought of something that might happen a long time later, she held Isabella's hands firmly, and said very seriously:

"You must not stay in Europe in the future. If you can, come back earlier."

Although Caroline felt that she might be worrying unfoundedly, according to the original history, after more than 20 years, there would be a war involving almost all countries on that continent.Although the city Isabella went to, the future did not seem to be devastated by the war, but the war was ruthless. Caroline hoped that Isabella would not go through all that in her middle age, or return to the place where she was implicated. The New World with less is safer. "

Isabella smiled, "My family and friends are here, of course I will be back."

"That's good." Caroline lowered her head to hide her crying expression, and chatted with Isabella about her thoughts on life in Europe. If possible, she also wanted to go there to see the "world".

Isabella's luggage had already been packed, and she stayed this afternoon to say goodbye to Caroline.

Francis came to the apartment when both of them were a little hungry.

As usual, he took the two ladies to have dinner at Isabella's favorite restaurant here.Seeing everyone's reluctance to leave, he also talked about a lot of interesting things he met in the factory these days.

"You are very concerned about Uncle Andrew's work now," Caroline also felt his "effort", and joked with a wink.

"Franz is really working hard now." Isabella also raised her glass with a smile. She looked at her younger brother with reddish ears, and followed suit.

Since the spring of this year, Francis has had only a handful of opportunities to meet Caroline. On the one hand, Caroline is busy with work, and on the other hand, after reflecting on himself, he has indeed put more energy into his uncle's factory.

So it was a rare opportunity to have dinner together. In fact, he hoped to show his mature and stable side in front of Caroline.Don't treat yourself as a younger brother after a long time because of Isa.But since teasing himself together can make the two girls he cares about laugh, he thinks it's also good.

After the meal, everyone called a taxi, and Francis and Isabella took Caroline back to the apartment first.When it really came to the moment of final parting, Caroline and Isabella's emotions were still somewhat uncontrollable.

Caroline hugged Isabella, wished her a safe journey for the last time, and got out of the carriage with reddish eyes.

"Franz, help me deliver the handkerchief to her." Isabella's eyes were also red. She leaned against the car window, took out her handkerchief and put it in her brother's hand.

Francis glanced at the figure who disappeared at the door of the apartment, took the handkerchief handed to him by his sister, and rushed up the stairs in three steps at a time.

Caroline leaned back against the closed door when she returned to the apartment.

When she was the only one left in the darkness, Caroline could finally release her emotions unscrupulously.At first it was a sob in silence, then the sob gradually became louder, and finally turned into a loud cry.

She knew she was not strong at all.But Caroline just wanted to cry, she wanted to let the tears flow out, let her voice come out, and let herself take this opportunity to release all the pressure in work and life in recent months.

Francis at the door of the apartment room heard the faint crying sound from behind the door, and clutched the handkerchief in his hand tightly.He raised his hand several times to knock on the door, but in the end none of the raised hands fell down.

This is her space, Francis thought.

He hesitated for a moment, unfolded the handkerchief, tied it to the doorknob, and walked down the stairs alone.

Isabella was waiting in the carriage.

"Why did you come back so soon, is she okay?"

Francis squeezed the center of his eyebrows, "She will be fine, she has always been fine."

"I thought you would want to comfort her," Isabella said, looking at her younger brother who got into the carriage, feeling a little sad herself.

"She probably doesn't need other people's comfort right now..." Francis sighed as he looked at the windows of the room upstairs that was still dark.

The author has something to say:

Caroline: Yes, no need, because you are still "someone else"

PS, just take this chapter for a moment, and it won't be as far as the war later.