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Do you think that young man will come back?

(shrugs) Our credit card machine was down.

And he’s going to the bank machine?

That’s what he said. But I told him the bank machine was one way.

And he walked the other.

And he walked the other way, correct.

I can pay for his food.

No, no, no.

You have faith in him?

I wouldn’t go that far.

Do you know him?

I don’t know him, but…

I heard you say turn right and walk a block.

Yes.

So there he is, turning left.

There might be a bank machine the other way. I don’t know.

You don’t have to know. The machine is working again.

I have cash.

The machine is fine.

I’d like to put it on my card.

What?

His food.

It’s only food. And he might come back. He very well could.

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At the paint counter of a large hardware store.
288
A university administrator’s office.
287
A Lower East Side coffee shop.
286
Mona and Alvin stand before a mural painted on a wall.
285
A woman stands on the subway platform at 14th Street.
284
The waiting room of a community health centre.
283
The visitor’s gallery of the European Parliament in Brussels.
282
A café in Paris, 20th arrondissement.
281
The paint aisle.
280
A downtown café.
279
A large hardware store.
278
A laneway.
277
A path through a forest of old cedars.
276
A cafe in Oregon.
275
A bathroom.
274
A used bookstore.
273
In Christian heaven.
272
At the home of a crossword puzzle setter.
271
Outside a car dealership.
270
The Salish Sea.
269
A cafeteria.
268
In a forest.