I had always liked Jenny, though I didn't know her well personally. We
worked together on the night shift. Us night-timers have a slightly different
perspective on the world that most other people on 'normal' shifts. We're often
driving on streets devoid of life at 3AM, and spend a lot of time at home
because nothing's open. And then we sleep through the morning, when everybody
else is alive and awake. It's a very lonely life most of the time.
Jenny suffered from this as much as I. She had come to town almost a year
ago, and because of her hours, she hadn't had so much as one date in all that
time. Often she would grumble about the lack of a social/sex life. There were
plenty of guys on the night shift, but for some reason she didn't seem
interested. More than a few of them were interested, though.
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