The interview.
Cara got the call. She had an interview set for that afternoon at four. She stood in front of her closet trying to figure out what to wear for an in-home interview for a caretaker position. In her mind, most caretakers wore scrubs or something similar, much like nurses. She didn’t own any scrubs and felt that running out to buy a pair would be a false representation of who she was – or wasn’t, which was a nurse. She was simply Cara, a now former cashier of six years.
In the end, she decided upon brown slacks, her chocolate suede boots, and a cream-colored turtleneck sweater. She styled her short, dark hair with a little mousse, added a touch of mascara and a little Nude lip gloss, and stood back to check herself in the mirror. She looked presentable. The slender slacks were tucked inside her knee-high boots, and her sweater fell to her hips helping to make her short legs look a bit longer. Why that mattered for an interview caring for a blind person, she couldn’t fathom, but it had always been a sore point for her. At five-foot, one inch, she’d always wanted to be taller. Instead, she was a midget. Almost. Two to three inches shorter and she would’ve been legally classified as disabled. At least the heels on her boots added another three inches to her height. Every little bit helped.
She picked up her glasses and shoved them onto her face. Grabbing her tan Sherpa coat, she picked up her purse and car keys, and headed out the door. She needed a little extra time to find 2211 Moose Run in the newly built Pine Vista Estates subdivision. It was on the other side of town in the more prominent region of Moose Ridge. In the past five years, wealthy Californians looking to build homes had moved in following a viral article about her quaint town. Off the beaten path, but not too far outside of Portland, caught between Salem and Willamina, Moose Ridge boasted a community of three thousand at the time of print. Since then, it had ballooned, mostly to the west end, by five thousand more and growing. Construction boomed, and homes were built, new businesses moved in, and even three new schools had gone up.
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