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Difficulty on a dreary day

Eric Burbridge

    Daniel squeezed into a front row parking space next to the shopping cart cradle. Lucky him. But, a wind gust nearly dislocated his shoulder when it slammed his door against the steel rail. Now a less than his deductible dent added to the shoulder pain. The piece of Vietnam shrapnel in his back broadcast the fast moving black clouds were going to make a deposit on his newly washed car. He hurried to the pharmacy section where an elderly pharmacy technician said his order would be delayed for fifteen minutes when he saw a woman in her mid-sixties, like himself, with an hour glass figure. Was the delay a blessing or what? She returned his smile. “Excuse me, but you look great.”
    “Thank you, sir. I like your workout outfit, you just left or are you on the way?”
    “On the way.” He lied. “I’m Daniel.” He shook her baby smooth hand.
    “Hello, I’m Constance.” Her smile warmed his heart.
    “Constance, put my number in your phone or vice-versa and we can talk later. I don’t want to hold you up.”
    Her smile disappeared. “Daniel, I divorced after thirty years. I cannot do it, understand? Good bye.”
    Whoa, did they turn up the A/C or what?
    She faded into the crowded main aisle.
    Daniel decided to cut his errand running short. He turned the key and the click told him; dead battery. Well, at least he was at the store. He leaned back, sighed and prepared to shop for a new battery.

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