A Canadian Literary Journal
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Intentions
by Beth Goobie
Riley locked her bike to a NO PARKING sign and surveyed the storefront forty feet in from the sidewalk, behind a small parking lot. Four months ago, she had started volunteering at The Good Intentions Emporium, a local thrift store, in the hopes of earning a job reference. At twenty-seven, she was The Emporium’s youngest volunteer, and she had quickly learned that her good intentions were not to manifest in helpful suggestions, no matter how humbly helpful she perceived them to be.
Keep your pride in your back pocket, Riley reminded herself as she headed towards the front door. Pulling it open, she was hit by the odour of vinegar that permeated the place—all incoming clothing was steamed with a water-and-vinegar solution in the back room, before being placed on the display racks. With a wave to Joyce, the elderly volunteer […]