She shopped by rote, grabbing the things she knew they needed without thinking about it. Her mind was on the mess her life had become, the mess she had let it become. She told herself at JFK that she was making a mistake, but she ignored her mind and followed her heart. Now she was trapped. She glided along to the checkout counter and waited as the extremely slow new employee rang up the person in front of her. “Excuse me, miss,” the older brother in front of Simone asked the checkout girl politely, “but since when is Tide detergent $20.35?” He smiled, being patient with her obvious inexperience. “I’m so sorry. I’m . . . Oh, okay. Let me start over,” the cashier said. But she was a little flustered, so the manager came over. “Vickie, you okay?” he asked. Simone saw that this might take awhile, so she looked at the other lines. This was definitely the shortest. She rubbed her swollen belly and leaned on the cart. The manager helped the girl ring out the older man, who departed with a “God bless you”
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