Her job, at the mall.

At one time the land the mall now rested on was freshly cultivated farmland, but it didn't take but a few generations for the farms to be sold off to optimistic developers. The mall had been put up in the vast orchards, but soon the city expanded, first with neighboring upscale neighborhoods. At one time it was the newest and largest in America, had been featured in several major movies, but by now had dilapidated through middle-class and flat down to ghetto-light.

Lauren worked part time in the office area of the mall.

A large super-structure of offices, corridors, and connected sub-basements and attics surrounded the mall, secreted in the walls, and it was here Lauren worked as a patronized secretary for $17 an hour.

It was here Lauren got to span the twin peaks of office femme fatale and mall vixen, between cubicles and neutral carpet, food courts and fountains.