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Tuesday 8 August – IT SUITS HER, Episode Two

By
William E. Spear

Volume 2, Issue 02

IT SUITS HER, Episode 02

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Full Transcript –

IT SUITS HER, Episode 02

ORIGINAL DATE: 8 August 2023

(Theme for It Suits Her comes up)

Hello and shhhh. It’s me Celia and there are a few changes in this episode.

It is still The 3:57 by William E. Spear and this is still our series titled IT SUITS HER. But, surprise, surprise. I am your host – the “her” in IT SUITS HER – Celia Court.

I gave Spear the night off. He needed the rest.

Besides, the story’s about me. I work in the tailoring shop. I trade jabs over the phone with my boyfriend and I spar with my boss, Mr. Clarkson.

The story’s about me. But don’t worry, Maxie Williams is still coming for his suit.

And – fair warning – he is is easily the most obstinate . . . the most infuriating . . . the most annoying person I have ever met.

A lot like my father. Which is not a flattering comparison.

For now, let me duel with Mr. Clarkson.

And this is Episode Two of . . . IT SUITS HER.

(Theme for Smart Styles Tailoring Shop fades up and under)

Mr. Clarkson was pacing back and forth with both hands behind his back. He must’ve been a lawyer earlier in his life.

“Miss Court,” he said while addressing a jury of tailored garments. “Miss Court, based upon your own your words in the matter of you on your cell phone for the eleventh time in your shift, you leave me no choice but to . . .”

With my job on the line and my future hanging in the balance, I did the only honorable and mature thing I could imagine. I lied. With the defiance of a resistance fighter I coolly and calmly said that I was talking with Mrs. Clarkson.

My boss blinked his eyes in confusion as if I had spoken in a language not heard for several hundred years. It was his turn to stutter and stammer.

“You?” he said. “Tou were talking with Mrs. Clarkson?”

“Is there an echo in here?” I replied.

“Miss Court.”

My most respectful and least sincere smile was flashed, “Yes, sir. I was speaking with her.”

Clarkson steeled himself and called my bluff: “I don’t believe you.”

I casually let loose with, “Well when she calls back I’ll tell her you didn’t listen.”

He stood there not entirely certain what to think. “Did Mrs. Clarkson really call you?”

Yes, I told him. She wanted to make sure you were still coming home early like you talked about.

Confusion was giving way to doubt. “I don’t remember talking . . .”

Time to double my bet: “She was really adamant that I remind you and – holy smokes! – look at the time. You have to get home.”

His feebly objected: “Who will close the store?”

(Theme for Smart Styles Tailoring Shop fades up and under)

You’ve just listened to Episode Two of IT SUITS HER starring me Celia Court.

Series theme is through the courtesy of Michael Kobrin. Additional music is by Lesfm. Both are at PixaBay.

The Three Fifty-seven is written and produced by William Spear but performed by me, Celia Court.

Thank you for listening.

(Theme for It Suits Her fades up and out)

WES

Tuesday 1 August – IT SUITS HER, Episode One

By
William E. Spear

Volume 2, Issue 01

IT SUITS HER, Episode 01

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Full Transcript –

IT SUITS HER, Episode 01

ORIGINAL DATE: 1 August 2023

(Theme for It Suits Her comes up)

Hello this is The 3:57 by William E. Spear and I am the aforementioned William Spear.

Our new series is titled IT SUITS HER. This episode will be told by one of the two lead characters, Argosy Williams . . . nicknamed Maxie. He is going to introduce himself in a moment. Expect his voice to sound like mine.

The other major character is Celia Court. She has a nickname, too, she’ll share that pretty soon. Somewhat coincidentally she will sound like me, too.

They will meet – and, really, collide is a better word – in a tailoring shop.

Until then, this is Episode One of . . . IT SUITS HER.

(Theme for Smart Styles Tailoring Shop fades up and under)

Hello. I’m Maxie Williams. I am on my way to an appointment and need to pick up my suit from a tailor in downtown Flemington, New Jersey.

Before I can retrieve my suit, I will need to navigate Celia Court. She is easily the most obstinate . . . most infuriating . . . most annoying person I have ever met.

It is like looking in a mirror and seeing myself thirty years younger.

That encounter will come later. For now, she is balancing her boyfriend and job by way of her cell phone. If you lean a bit closer you can just begin to hear her.

“Hello. . . . I can only talk for a moment. . . . No, I’ll be there later. . . . We don’t close the shop until nine. . . . I can’t, Mr. Clarkson will hear me.”

Mr. Clarkson, the owner of the shop, bellowed: “Miss Court!”

Celia bent even closer to her cell phone and whispered even lower: “I have to go. Mr. Clarkson might . . .”

“I might what, Miss Court?” Clarkson boomed.

Celia stuttered, stammered, and stuttered again, “You might want me to do something important? Maybe?”

Clarkson resumed his interrogation: “Were you talking on your cell phone again?”

“No, sir, I were not. I mean I was not. Definitely not. No way, no how, no sir. In fact, I was just saying to myself what a brilliant manager you are and I . . .”

Clarkson cut her right off, “Miss Court. Were you, or were you not, talking on your cell phone again?”

Celia searched through her twenty years of life experience looking for precisely the right response: “My friends call me Ceel.”

“Miss Court!” snapped Clarkson.

“Yes, Mr. Clarkson.”

Clarkson halved the distance between himself and the assistant manager: “Were you on your cell phone?”

“Yes, but . . .”

Clarkson slipped into his most lawyerly voice and sounded as if he was addressing the jury in a capital crime: “Miss Court based upon your own your words in the matter of you on your cell phone for the seventh time in your shift, you leave me no choice but to . . .”

(Theme for Smart Styles Tailoring Shop fades up and under)

You’ve just listened to Episode One of IT SUITS HER.

Series theme is through the courtesy of Michael Kobrin. Additional music is by Lesfm. Both are at PixaBay.

The Three Fifty-seven is written and produced by William Spear.

Thank you for listening.

(Theme for It Suits Her fades up and under)

WES