Rain
By Ernestine Coleman-Dupree
As he stood in line at the grocery store, Richard Forrest could not help but reflect on how much of a flaming disaster the current day had been. He couldn’t wait to get home and was more than ready to settle down on the couch with a sandwich in one hand, a beer in the other, and forget about it all. From waking up late, to pissing off his boss, today was one of those days that could go straight in the damn wood-chipper as far as Richard was concerned. As soon as he paid for his groceries, his plan was to head home, and he didn’t want to be bothered for the rest of the day. Richard planned on locking his door, putting his phone on silent, and hiding from the world until further notice.
He was in line furiously punching out the text message that would let
