I Was Shopping for Dinner… Then I Caught a Falling Box Above the Beautiful Store Clerk

toward the loading doors, then back at me.

“I have to help with a delivery.”

“Of course.”

“See you around, Wesley.”

I liked hearing my name in her voice. I liked it enough that I stood staring at the apples after she left until another customer asked whether I was in line for something.

At school on Monday, a student asked whether the Roman Empire had suffered from bad internet.

He asked with such complete confidence that several classmates began nodding before realizing what he had said. I managed to