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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEdm0cqx2v
A pineapple. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7sizunXhS
A pizza. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCMYLHcBXO
A gallon of milk. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeJsf1mhD1I
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMzr7QtGg6j
New customer. I greet them with a standard “How you doing?”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGpQ3zDkAr
A hood covers their face, they nod in response.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82kZmD51Oc
A shovel. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjer4oRHn5r
A roll of duct tape. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1owmUF6f2
Rubber gloves. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rXw6XrYd8
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtXM8PXUXs1
A hunting knife. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTUn5fgaRe
A pack of Ziplocks. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQorBhiVJFD
A flashlight. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYcYMWi1Mm
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWX8YoHDsXk
Welp. Gotta do my job.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEBruBEYsyU
Three gallons of bleach. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeNA6JszeB
A box of garbage bags. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdTiWxyOCL
A meat grinder. beep.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiX0KgxJa9g
What. The. Fuck! I risk yet another glance. He’s looking at me. Shit!13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYimZH8zz72
“That’ll be two hundred forty three dollars and eighty cents.”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhP5D7Dmu0
He pays in cash. Of course he pays in cash.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiE9M6lnjra
“Have a good one.” My voice cracks.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJriihfoBXM
He nods and walks away. I realize I never heard him speak.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5D5PJTp6i
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPJxONlyOU
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkQFbghFSO
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hMI5L02A7
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQXCXWWZV2
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkoVOW7auu
“Hey can you walk me to my car? I think I saw someone hiding over there. . .”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTLgEppbjm
“Hiding?”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqkKTEqnVE
“Yeah, like someone ducked down behind my car.” My teeth are chattering, I regret not bringing a jacket.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9qbMTtWZR
“Yeah, I’ll walk you.” He finishes locking up and we briskly walk to the employee parking lot.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjZo6eXPfr
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.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwWYhxpAEA
“I’m not seeing anything. If there was someone out here they’re gone now.” I can see Rick’s breath.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELyjXg1fXA
“Thanks for checking.”13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzYVoymJvT
Inside my car I check the back, just in case. Empty, other than the fast food wrappers. I breathe a sigh of relief.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuvKLrpdGg
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)13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAMllCykvM
I scan the list of items and my heart stops.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2WP6cVfS0
:SHOVEL: :CTTAPE: :GLOVES: :EKNIFE: :IPLOCK: :HLIGHT: :(3)BLEACH: :GEBAGS: :RINDER:13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLxHpQBiEv
There’s something written on the back. I turn it over, my hand shaking.13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlt2lUK7wO2
You forgot to check the trunk13Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sSRM1jsGy
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