Cashiering is so easy it’s boring. It eventually becomes an endless line of faces I don’t care to remember, with mundane items I scan on auto pilot.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8nUpgVnxe7
A pineapple. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8oxEBqR0A
A pizza. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVy4d6m5518
A gallon of milk. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1OUREFH27
I check the clock for the tenth time during my shift. It’s only 4 PM. I don’t clock out till midnight. I sigh.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxb8mr7PXBB
New customer. I greet them with a standard “How you doing?”115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpGw3VcrTf
A hood covers their face, they nod in response.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK2CWb0gcMP
A shovel. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wY2yKcbwF
A roll of duct tape. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd5oxPUmHYv
Rubber gloves. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5ghnI5xYQ
I raise my eyebrow and take a second look at the customer. I see stubble, a scar on his chin. His head is down so I can’t make out the rest of his features. He’s tall.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFwtSvi8XM
A hunting knife. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC1oVJIt9LG
A pack of Ziplocks. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqwUa4SVcL
A flashlight. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfb3ISyRhH
I glance around to check if anyone else is seeing what I’m seeing. The other customers in line are paying more attention to the magazine selection than Ted Bundy over here.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwxQaXAMfsc
Welp. Gotta do my job.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwufr4T7B5
Three gallons of bleach. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WA9eqKF7q
A box of garbage bags. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnrjt9yePh
A meat grinder. beep.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GO56iY0AR
What. The. Fuck! I risk yet another glance. He’s looking at me. Shit!115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonPcsj1wLD
“That’ll be two hundred forty three dollars and eighty cents.”115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nBmhBBhhO
He pays in cash. Of course he pays in cash.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjzwVEcedHy
“Have a good one.” My voice cracks.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJoD0IcGfS
He nods and walks away. I realize I never heard him speak.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡElWB7tEZXu
I’m put off. Then the next lady in line wants to know where the eggs are when they are literally in her eye-line and it’s a normal boring day at work again.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqn5F8bwEJV
After my shift is over I’ve got a headache and my feet hurt. I’m ready to go home, soak in my tub and binge watch something.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfdBrPzjI0
It’s cold outside, winter has been holding our town at gun point for a week. I put my hands in my sweater pockets to warm them on the short walk to my car.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPEZtmFIKs
As I’m approaching the employee parking lot I see a dark shape huddle down behind my car, the only one in the lot other than my boss’s truck. What the hell? I instantly remember the shady customer. My heart starts beating fast.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBtfb5TFlS
I ain’t going over there by myself. I head to go straight back inside the store. I see my boss, Rick. He’s locking up.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48aBzNNnOJ
“Hey can you walk me to my car? I think I saw someone hiding over there. . .”115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZJKG5fn27
“Hiding?”115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVjSYBIT9Z
“Yeah, like someone ducked down behind my car.” My teeth are chattering, I regret not bringing a jacket.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIe5lnX1pY
“Yeah, I’ll walk you.” He finishes locking up and we briskly walk to the employee parking lot.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzEwRYGgrr
He circles my car a couple times while holding his phone as a flashlight, indicating with his hand that I stay back. I’m happy to comply.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yq05WH76L
“I’m not seeing anything. If there was someone out here they’re gone now.” I can see Rick’s breath.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkMPolLX1s
“Thanks for checking.”115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmptM2pCBA
Inside my car I check the back, just in case. Empty, other than the fast food wrappers. I breathe a sigh of relief.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3z8WtDYVL
It’s a calm ride home. It’s not until I’ve pulled into the parking garage that I notice a slip of paper on the dash board. A receipt. I don’t remember making any purchases, and I’m in the habit of throwing trash in the back. (Don’t judge me)115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6UFUpsU6S
I scan the list of items and my heart stops.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1aMZ8x2Rd
:SHOVEL: :CTTAPE: :GLOVES: :EKNIFE: :IPLOCK: :HLIGHT: :(3)BLEACH: :GEBAGS: :RINDER:115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQljJbmr0ek
There’s something written on the back. I turn it over, my hand shaking.115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDG22FCt9Tb
You forgot to check the trunk115Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu5nZIdjmj
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