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It was Thanksgiving day, but Bueno Nacho was still open. It was around 3:00 when the office phone rang.
"Thanks for calling Bueno Nacho, Home of the Naco how may I help you?" asked Ron.
"Hello?" asked an older lady. "Is Althia there?"
"Yes, may I ask who's calling?" he asked.
"This is her mother." she replied.
"Yes, ma'am. Please hold." he told her. He walked over to the register and got Althia. "Your mom's on the phone. I'll watch the register while your gone."
"Ok." she said walking over to the phone. "Hello."
"Althia? Darling can you come over for Thanksgiving dinner this year?" asked her mother, Ron over hearing the conversation. "You haven't came in the past two years!"
"Mom I know it's been a while since I've came, but I have a job!" she replied.
"But..." her mother began.
"I can't make it! I'll call you when I get home." she exclaimed and hung up the phone. She walked back to the register.
"Mom want you to come for Thanksgiving?" he asked.
"Yea." she replied immediatly knowing he over heard on purpose.
"You can go if you want." he told her.
"I can't I don't get off 'til 8:00." she replied.
"Well I'm letting you off early if you can stay here for another thirty minutes." he said.
"Really?" she asked. "But you'll be here alone."
"No I won't I'm going to go pick some company up." he told her.
"Alright, but if you insist." she said.
"I'll be back in a bit then you can take off for the night." he said walking towards the door and out of it. Less than a half an hour later, Ron showed up with Kim and Blake. They walked through the door.
"Naco's! Naco's!" they both yelled.
"Alright. Go sit down and I'll bring them out in a few minutes." he told them.
"You can go eat Thanksgiving dinner with your family." he told Althia as he walked behind the counter.
"Thanks Ron." she told him picking up her stuff.
"No prob." he said. She began to walk out from behind the counter.
"Awww. Their so cute." she said seeing both of the kids.
"Are they yours."
"The girl is. The boy is Monique's." he told her fixing two Naco's.
"Well, their adorable." she said walking out the door. Ron finished up the Naco's and took them to the two young children.
"Thanks Dad!" exclaimed Kim starting to take a bite out of the Naco.
"Don't forget to bless it!" yelled Blake.
"Alright!" said Kim. They blessed their food and began to eat as Ron went back to work.
A couple of hours later, while Ron sat behind the counter and the kids played at the table, Althia rushed in slaming the door, walking behind the counter, and into the office. The kids looked over to Ron with feared expressions on their faces. Ron gave them a blank expression.
"I'll be back in a minute, kids." he told them walking into the office and shutting the door. Althia was getting her Bueno Nacho over shirt and hat. She began to put the shirt on over her clothes. "What's wrong?"
She collapsed in the chair and began to cry. Ron walked over next to the desk.
"You wanna talk about it?" he asked.
"It's the same thing every holiday!" she said with anger keeping her face down to where he couldn't see it.
"But this year, it got out of control."
"What are you talking about?" he asked.
"My father has a bad temper and sometimes he will fight." she began. "My mother won't stand up to him, and I can't take it any more. I'm not going back home."
Ron thought about what she was saying for a moment or two.
"Did he hit you?" he asked.
"What?" she whispered.
"Did he hit you?" he asked louder. There was silence. Ron walked over to her and bent down. He reached his hand out and lifted up her head by her chin. There were several bruises and cuts on her beautiful tear stained face.
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