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Henry
Issue 8 of “Hopeless Henry”
By Alice Bennet
Taken from the University Gazette
I met Jocelyn at the store. I was halfway through my junior year and needed some soap, milk, and new socks. She was out in the parking lot when I pulled into a spot about three spaces down, trying to fit a large-screen television box into the trunk of her Honda.
I’d just stepped out of my truck and shut the door when I heard the cursing. I glanced over to see the shopping cart she’d just pulled the television from tip onto its side. Then she lost her grip on the box altogether, and it plunged toward the pavement.
“Whoa!” Racing over, I caught an edge of the box and helped her steady it. “Here. I got this end.”
“Oh my God, thank you,” a feminine voice gushed from the other side. The only thing I c
