She's Got Issues — Stephanie Lessing

LAST NIGHT I DREAMT OF SHOES AGAIN...

Chloe Rose is living the dream. She is the newest assistant to the assistant at Issues Magazine, and she has a key to the shoe closet. Her natural talent for accessorizing, not to mention her happy-go-lucky attitude, are attracting lots of attention. Everyone is being so nice to her! Could life get any better?

WELL ...

It's just that filing pedicure receipts all day can be hard work, and Chloe's starting to get the feeling that maybe all those underfed beauty editors don't like her as much as she thought. And is it a problem that both the Editor-in-Chief AND the Publisher seem to be following her wherever she goes? And that hatchet job she just read in the latest issue about a grasping assistant who is trying to sleep her way to the top -- could that have been about her?!

Is it all true? Has Chloe Rose's sweet, bumbling lovability just been an act she uses to steal shoes (lots of them), tell lies (whoppers), and undermine her idiot boss in the hopes of stealing her job? Maybe, but more likely ...