Comeback
Comeback
“There’s sweat streaming down my forehead.
“Will there be anything else?” she says.
I nod and grab a newspaper. I hand her my money. She gives me the bag and $2.43 change.
I say thank you and walk slowly out the door. I don’t want her to remember the redheaded girl who bolted from the store.
I run as soon as I’m out of sight and don’t stop until the park. Elliot’s still asleep. I sit down and open the newspaper.
There’s Mom—“the estranged wife of disgraced stockbroker, Steven Patterson”—pleading for our return. There’s a quote from the guy I left the LeSabre with. There’s a cop saying we’re “believed to have boarded a bus to Cypress.”
No mention of the man at the Lost and Found who gave us the clothes. Did he just not want to rat us out? Or was he worried about getting in trouble for giving us stuff that wasn’t ours?
Who knows?
At least no one will be looking for a kid in a Superman suit yet. I’ve got to look on the bright side.
In the picture, I’m wearing my contacts.
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