Adobe Photoshop Short Stories-Inspired by the Menus andWritten by Carl J. Santoro#3

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"Can I help you?" the voice pleasantly inquired before I could actually see her. She walked towards me smiling with red freckles and redder hair. A short woman, very thin in a tight black and white leotardy thing, I know I felt her bright green eyes focus on me as I turned to respond.

She could have been either a helpful clerk or actually the store owner. I never did find out.

"No thank you. I'm just browsing. I know if I walk around, I usually see something that I realize I need."

Her voice gently faded as she glided past me, "Well then, walk on...walk on," and her feet could be heard shuffling like fine sandpaper over these old story-ridden wooden floor boards.

This is a triumphant moment, at least for me, as it strengthens the illusion of limitless, unfettered browsing with the possibility of questions of assistance never to be offered again until perhaps when I place an item on the counter at the check out.