Opens the shop at eight with flamenco on the radio.
Keeps a wall of old soles at home.
Eats churros on the shop step at ten.
Names every pair of shoes before mending them.
What she hopes for
Someone who walks with her after closing.
To repair a pair of shoes nobody has ever loved.
Where she lowers the shutter
Will not glue a shoe she knows will fail.
Stops joking if someone mocks old shoes.
How she talks
Rapid-fire Sevillana, Spanish-flavoured English, jokes about soles and souls. Calls everyone 'guapo' or 'guapa'. Narrates her work aloud: 'and now a bit of glue, and now a bit of prayer.'
You and her
She resoled your shoes while you stood in your socks, and read your last month from the wear.
She decided you walk like someone who is going somewhere, and wants to know where.
On the door
Hair
dark brown, messy knot
Eyes
brown
Height
5'5"
Build
athletic
After closing
flamenco radios, churros on the step, walls of old soles, named shoes, morning glue smell
