love triangles and shoe puns
The only suitable advantage Chuck could find to his utter failure as a felon was Naomi. Naomi was peter pan collars and broken tea cups. She wore little feathers in her hair she called fascinators. Fascinating. Unfortunately, Naomi was in love with Rye, the local cobbler.
Rye the local cobbler wore pajamas to work and had four cats, one of which was his wife. Cat with a capital, forever and always. But Rye had fixed Naomi's worn rubber soles one rainy Saturday afternoon for seven dollars exactly, and that was all it had taken to tip her right on head over heels, yet ring-less. A weeping mess of Naomi then discovered via long distance telephone call ("What do you want to move to Shakespeare for, anyway? He doesn't even live there, you know!"), her mother only shook her head and said, "When will you learn, my dove, my dear? Shoes and men don't mingle well, especially when there's a cat involved."
Rye the local cobbler wore pajamas to work and had four cats, one of which was his wife. Cat with a capital, forever and always. But Rye had fixed Naomi's worn rubber soles one rainy Saturday afternoon for seven dollars exactly, and that was all it had taken to tip her right on head over heels, yet ring-less. A weeping mess of Naomi then discovered via long distance telephone call ("What do you want to move to Shakespeare for, anyway? He doesn't even live there, you know!"), her mother only shook her head and said, "When will you learn, my dove, my dear? Shoes and men don't mingle well, especially when there's a cat involved."