Chapter 5
Gideon did his best to get through the next couple of days. He still had Christmas to look forward to, and he was going to try hard to make it merry. He went back to the grocery store on his way to work December 24th.
“Kurt, hey. Working late tonight.”
“Hi?” Kurt posed it just like that, as a question. “Oh yeah.” Then it dawned on him. “You. Thanks for all the groceries the other day.”
“Oh. You’re welcome. How’d you know?”
“Well, the box was empty and then it wasn’t, so…”
“Ah. Sorry you have to work Christmas Eve.”
“Nothing better to do.”
The can of fish food, the plastic plant, and the angel wrapping paper like that on the food donation box came to $12.87.
“Oh.” Gideon didn’t have that much. “Umm. You know what…not the paper.”
“Not the paper?”
“No. Sorry.”
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