Everything must go.

Lena loved a good sale. What made a sale good? Start with a few simple words; closing, sample, up to 75% off. That was a good start. Lena hyperventilated thinking about the coup she made at the outlet mall in Italy, Moschino- Dolce & Gabbana – Bluemarine. Oh my fucking swoon. That had been a great bonus vacation. It might sound trite but it was a truth – retail therapy worked because it felt better to buy shit. Fifteen years later she was living in the shopping mecca of America. Life was good.
When Sonny said she had to take a shopping break she thought it was a surprise anniversary present. Then he clarified. The rest of the words went static after she heard the word ‘downsize’, that was the word that precipitated Marilyn Franklin’s undoing. The last she’d heard they were living back in Michigan.