But it soon became clear that the owner hired her to lure men into the store and when she proved not to be very good at it, he let her go. She could have told him right from the start that she wasn't much of a flirt. Nina had always liked to sew. She had sewn her own clothes for years. Deborah had interviewed her for the job.
Some people never manage it.
But, so far, Nina thought she was managing it. Things were going pretty well. She was learning a business. If she wasn't making much money, at least she was earning enough to survive. And, she was living with Dan.