I Gave a Woman $6 to Help Pay for Baby Formula – the Next Day, My Manager Called Me over the Intercom and Handed Me an Envelope

Small pause.

“Yes,” she said. “This is Hannah.”

“It’s Laura,” I said.

“From the store.”

“You got my letter.”

“I’m sorry if it was too much. I didn’t know if I should leave it, or if that was crossing a line, or—”

“I’m glad you did. I’m… still processing.

But I’m glad you wrote it.”

“Do you…want to meet?” I asked.

“Yes,” she said immediately. “If you do.”

“I do,” I said, surprising myself with how true it felt. “There’s a café a couple of blocks from the store.

Tomorrow?”

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