57. Come over anytime, but not really

Patricia was happy that she was finally making since moving to Los Angeles from New York. had left everything behind to move to be to her boyfriend. The first friend she made Helen. Helen worked with Patricia at a clothing in the local shopping mall. Sometimes Patricia would see Helen on the freeway when they were the same shift. Patricia thought that they must live too far from one another. Helen confirmed .

"My neighborhood is right next to yours," Helen Patricia while they were both checking out customers. " by anytime you want on a day when 're both not working," Helen said. Patricia took the too literally. She was able to get Helen's from their manager at work. "I want to my new friend," Patricia told the manager. The thought that was sweet and without thinking about 's privacy, he passed the address onto Patricia. On day that Patricia and Helen both had the off, Patricia looked up Helen's address on her application on her cell phone. Helen's house was 10 minutes away.

Patricia followed the directions, and 9:00 a.m., she rang the doorbell at 2374 Avenue. It took Helen awhile to answer the . She looked genuinely surprised, but also confused when saw Patricia on her doorstep. "What are you here? How did you get my address?" Helen . She was still in her pajamas and her was a mess. "You told me to drop anytime we both had a day off, so got your address from our manager. I want give you a surprise!" Patricia said. "I was being polite. You can't just show up at 's house!" Helen said before slamming the door on 's face.