“You’ll give me the signal, won’t you? I get so worried.”
“Yeah. But don’t go getting in a panic if I don’t call right away, okay? I never know who I might meet in the street. People expect me to stop and talk. It’s the polite thing to do—”
“You just tell them, you have an important call to make, Someone is waiting,” the old lady said, rocking forward and back in her seat, making the wood protest feebly.
“I can’t always do that…but I’ll call as soon as I get home. Is that all right with you?” Anna put her purse strap over one arm and pushed the cart in front of her to the front door. Behind her, the old lady persisted, “Just tell them, ‘I have an important call to make.’”
Anna slammed the door on the old lady in midspeech. Walking down Evans Street, she wondered, What would she do if I
