✴ Damien ✴
The grocery store wasn’t exactly where I wanted to spend my afternoon, but if I wanted dinner with Scarlett to go off without a hitch, I needed to get everything just right. I wanted to cook something for her and as I pushed a cart down the aisles, I checked the list I had put together. Fresh salmon, lemon, dill, and a good bottle of white wine. Simple, but elegant. It had to be perfect. The store was relatively quiet, the kind of calm that only a small town could offer. I liked it. No one was rushing around. No overcrowded aisles. Just a few familiar faces that I managed to exchange a friendly and polite nod or ‘hello’. It was a stark contrast to the city’s chaos, and while I could admit to myself that I hated shopping, this wasn’t too bad. That is until I spotted Kathy near t
