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The happiest place in town!

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Hello there! Welcome to the most wonderful, family friendly restaurant in town - The Joum Para. A place everyone in our lovely little town knows and has visited at least once. I mean, they're bound to given as long as we live, right? Anyway, I'm Julia. And I own this place. This diner was passed down to me by my mother, who had inherited from her father. Mom had been running this place ever since the beginning of the First World War, until just about two years ago when she passed the torch to me. I guess she just wanted to do something different. I'm quite familiar with our staff, as they too have worked here for decades. In some cases, even longer. Some of our regulars start pouring in for breakfast. The Thompson family are the first to arrive. I've always had such admiration for them. Such good upstanding people they are. Mark and Sheila Thompson have four children together, including the adorable triplets who were born just a few months ago. I remember when Sheila...

The gig that changed her life

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Alice had just recieved wonderful news. Her former employer had remembered her in her will, and she would inherit a sizable sum of money that would be enough to cover her college expenses. Under different circumstances, Alice would have been jumping for joy. But not after what had happened. Given what had caused her to inherit this money, she wasn't sure how to feel. Being a broke college student was hard. Even after she would graduate and get a job, Alice would have to worry about her student loans. Needless to say, if an opportunity to make some money came about, she would pounce on it. One such opportunity came in the form of a Craigslist ad. It was for some household chores, some closets needed cleaning, some stuff needed moving. And you'd be paid by the hour. Rather handsomely too. The address was of a very posh part of town, so Alice wasn't surprised that they were paying so well. The following Saturday, at about two in the afternoon, Alice showed up at the two s...