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after day in a small office or cubicle, crunching out numbers for a faceless corporation, Victoria wanted to chart new waters and find a new life, break out of her dreary, hum drum existence. 
     
    Victoria ’s new path was to travel the world, experience life and learn as much as she could. Then she and Barry would settle down, have two lovely children, Victoria would stay at home and see that they were raised with love and compassion an d Barry would be the wonderful daddy who arrived home just in time for dinner and bath time .  Victoria wanted a garden with vegetables and herbs and lots of flowers around her house. 
     
    What she currently had was a small, stale apartment with sensible furniture and potted plants sitting out on her tiny balcony that somehow survived in the pollution clogged air surrounding Washington , D.C.
     
    If Victoria had her life planned out for the next twenty five years, Laci was the exact opposite.  Laci was chaos personified.  Even their hair reflected their individual personalities .  Laci had curly , dark, brown hair that fell down to her waist.  It bounced in every direction when she moved.  Victoria , on the other hand, trimmed her golden hair at shoulder length so it curled softly around her face .  It was still wavy, but much less dramatic than her younger sister ’ s.  During the week, Victoria always wore her hair neatly pinned at the nape of her neck, not wanting it to get in the way while she worked but not sure what to do with it otherwise. 
     
    Despite their different personalities and an age difference of four years , t wo sisters had never been closer.  Victoria ’s doorbell rang fifteen minutes later.  As soon as Victoria opened the door, Laci burst in and gave her big sister a hug that almost brought the two of them to the floor.  Victoria laughed and hugged Laci back.  “Oh, you were just what I needed to build up my confidence,” Victoria said, leading the way down the hallway to the combination family room and kitchen with the two bottles of wine Laci had b r ought.  Laci was balancing a box of pizza and a pint of chocolate brownie ice cream in her hands.
     
    “I’m so happy for you, Vic!  It will be great for you to get out of Global Dork,” she said, using the name she’d given the company for which Victoria had worked for the past two years.  “They have really been a rotten experience, but I have a good feeling about ATI .”
     
    Victoria laughed at Laci’s optimism.  “How would you know?  You don’t know anything about the job or the company.”
     
    Laci put the ice cream in the freezer and twirled about, her blue eyes sparkling at the information she was eager to share.  “N ot true,” she exclaimed, her first finger pointing into the air to emphasize her newfound information.  “ I looked them up on the internet and I really like the company.  First of all, it is run by Salvatorre Attracelli, a hottie if I’ve ever seen one, by the way , ” she said, pull ing plates out of the cabinet.  “ I’m sure it was an aged picture though.  He’s probably old and decrepit by now.”
     
    Victoria laughed, loving her sister’s enthusiasm.  “I didn’t get a chance to meet him.”
     
    “Well, your hunk isn’t too bad either.  Didn’t you say were interviewing with Thomas Attracelli today ?”
     
    “Yes, ” Victoria said and quickly busied herself with pulling napkins out of the pantry for their pizza , hiding her exited reaction to just the man’s name . 
     
    “ H e’s almost as gorgeous as the older one.”  Laci took a huge bite of her pizza, then put the pizza down and uncorked the first bottle of red wine.  “Although none of them seem to be old enough to be running a company the size of ATI .”
     
    “Yes, but Thomas will be my boss.   It’s never a good idea to think of co-workers that way, much less a supervisor. ”
     
    “Well, don’t worry, he looks very nice.   You really should get a load of