βThat boy,β the manager said. βSkinny kid, glasses, always polite? He came in almost every week for a month. Put in two or three dollars at a time β whatever was in his pocket. Took him forever to fill it.β
I just stood there.
βHe told us it was for his teacher. The best one he ever had.β The manager slid the card back across the counter. βWeβve been wondering who that was. So β coffeeβs on us today, maβam. Iβm not letting you spend a cent of that one.βοΏΌ