Chapter 6
“Hey.” I rapped on the driver’s side window again. “You’ll freeze. Do you need help?”
The door opened slightly. “I’ll be fine. Thanks.”
“What are you doing here?” I asked the person bundled up inside the red hatchback from another decade.
“Just…um…you know.”
“You want to come inside? There’s heat in there. You should come inside.”
“Inside the store?” The kid pulled his hat down over his forehead. It didn’t stay there long. In the time it took for him to consider my invitation, the sheer volume of his afro made it slowly creep back up. “Nah. I’m good.”
I passed Wilbur over to Patrick, “Come on,” and offered my hand. The boy was way too skinny to be out in such freezing temperatures. “It’s okay. I’m allowed to be here,” I said. “Technically, I’m at work. And though we’ve alr
