The Coffee That Changed Her Day

Photo by Long Chung on Unsplash — an interpretation of the setting, not the moment itself.

She was short at the register — forty cents, maybe fifty. The man behind her paid, nodded once, and walked out before she could turn around. She has paid for eleven strangers’ coffees since. She counts.

This story was submitted anonymously. We wrote it down, because someone should remember.

— We Are Silence Dogood