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.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzX0AoT7Mb
A pineapple. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9aWvqh43o
A pizza. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKAJS8SCwng
A gallon of milk. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PugXNiwEO
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.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgD7LKkdNel
New customer. I greet them with a standard “How you doing?”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqUsFlKyK8
A hood covers their face, they nod in response.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIQBaCyCD7
A shovel. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuIerDtyTcl
A roll of duct tape. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1PVtQv6g7
Rubber gloves. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYjcoJcF3C
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.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzvmQSNvWyC
A hunting knife. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4sUlYOJ7B
A pack of Ziplocks. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5t2kK1ZM1
A flashlight. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQYHDRWJ38
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.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3s8tHjMUqX
Welp. Gotta do my job.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKb1nanDaR
Three gallons of bleach. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfkO2POldb
A box of garbage bags. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpAyZzEWRS
A meat grinder. beep.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvrlSpFQB0
What. The. Fuck! I risk yet another glance. He’s looking at me. Shit!12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXS2oG9Bq9
“That’ll be two hundred forty three dollars and eighty cents.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwpQHrbmtO
He pays in cash. Of course he pays in cash.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oR8Ya7T6h
“Have a good one.” My voice cracks.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxeASR2uQ4
He nods and walks away. I realize I never heard him speak.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaz6c1wqyY
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.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQS5nzbGd3
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.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRhBrGEK6H
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.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcIyvOePaG4
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.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlUhpX9kfw
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.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHwVbkKmhd
“Hey can you walk me to my car? I think I saw someone hiding over there. . .”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpF55tiWvjY
“Hiding?”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCahZocuqWS
“Yeah, like someone ducked down behind my car.” My teeth are chattering, I regret not bringing a jacket.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjk2OfE1rd
“Yeah, I’ll walk you.” He finishes locking up and we briskly walk to the employee parking lot.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe8NxqniVUB
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.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkXeMXl3mqw
“I’m not seeing anything. If there was someone out here they’re gone now.” I can see Rick’s breath.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡon68Vs7FKh
“Thanks for checking.”12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs64zkoZYJw
Inside my car I check the back, just in case. Empty, other than the fast food wrappers. I breathe a sigh of relief.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAohWgPiWUm
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)12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEmPrx5H7e
I scan the list of items and my heart stops.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiFMvNsHDh
:SHOVEL: :CTTAPE: :GLOVES: :EKNIFE: :IPLOCK: :HLIGHT: :(3)BLEACH: :GEBAGS: :RINDER:12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxAVg3JIeH
There’s something written on the back. I turn it over, my hand shaking.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8kvOdc4KG
You forgot to check the trunk12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgfGqIDsiv
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