He pulled open the door of the Elbo Room and peeked inside. The afternoon sunlight through the doorway made the bottles behind the bar sparkle like rock candy.
It made him think of the penny candy in a long row of square glass jars just inside the front door of Seeger’s, the corner store in the neighborhood where they grew up. They were childhood sweethearts. They would walk there, holding hands, on Saturday mornings. He happily covered her root beer barrels and lemon drops with his allowance.
Now he would give everything to see the sparkle in her eyes again.
It made him think of the penny candy in a long row of square glass jars just inside the front door of Seeger’s, the corner store in the neighborhood where they grew up. They were childhood sweethearts. They would walk there, holding hands, on Saturday mornings. He happily covered her root beer barrels and lemon drops with his allowance.
Now he would give everything to see the sparkle in her eyes again.
