Almost There
He took hold of the corner of it and pulled it off with a flourish, and there, gleaming in the gold of the late afternoon, stood the bicycle.
Matte black.
Bold orange lettering.
The exact one from the window, down to the last detail, with a bright red bow on the handlebars and a small handwritten tag that read: PROPERTY OF CALEB.
PAID IN FULL BY THE MANAGEMENT.
I have kept that tag.
It is in a drawer in my kitchen to this day, that small handwritten card, and I take it out sometimes and look at it, because it says more, in its five gruff words, than a long speech ever could.
Paid in full.
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