From inside a pharmacy, a woman tossed items through a window directly into the bed of a truck parked underneath. Several large boxes flew by including a pillow, a stuffed panda, and what looked like a bunch of over-the-counter medications.
Mother pointed to a sign: Prescription Drive-Through Window.
“Guess she took it literally,” she said.
Inside, it was pandemonium as customers grabbed merchandise from shelves and threw their purchases into shopping carts while wheeling them around the aisles. Philip spotted a display of bottled water, handed a bottle to his mother, and slipped another into his coat pocket. He found some salve and iodine in the first aid section, and Mother dropped them into her purse.
“I think I’ve got a headache,” she said. “Do you think we could find some aspirin?
