A Race Against Time
“Finally I heard his voice for the first time. It was low and scratchy.
“I’ll have a veggie wrap and an Americano,” he said. “Extra mustard on the wrap.”
“For here or to go?” Susie asked.
“Here, I guess,” he said.
“It’ll be just a few minutes,” Susie said. “Have a seat anywhere.”
The man turned and started toward the book-cases—the biology section—but I stopped him with a question.
“Excuse me—I saw you at the starting line of the bike race this morning,” I said. “How come you’re not out on the c...ourse? Aren’t you on one of the cycling teams?”
I held my breath when he looked at me because he could have been asking me the exact same question. But my gamble paid off. Apparently he didn’t recognize me without my racing clothes. To him I was just a patron of Susie’s.
“Uh, no,” he answered. “I was just there to . . . uh . . . I was—do I know you? Haven’t I seen you around somewhere?”
I held my breath while he stammered out his questions.MoreLess
“I’ll have a veggie wrap and an Americano,” he said. “Extra mustard on the wrap.”
“For here or to go?” Susie asked.
“Here, I guess,” he said.
“It’ll be just a few minutes,” Susie said. “Have a seat anywhere.”
The man turned and started toward the book-cases—the biology section—but I stopped him with a question.
“Excuse me—I saw you at the starting line of the bike race this morning,” I said. “How come you’re not out on the c...ourse? Aren’t you on one of the cycling teams?”
I held my breath when he looked at me because he could have been asking me the exact same question. But my gamble paid off. Apparently he didn’t recognize me without my racing clothes. To him I was just a patron of Susie’s.
“Uh, no,” he answered. “I was just there to . . . uh . . . I was—do I know you? Haven’t I seen you around somewhere?”
I held my breath while he stammered out his questions.MoreLess
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