The supermarket was loud and bright—aisles gleaming, scanners beeping, a noon rush of shoppers. A little boy stood at the belt with a quiet man who wasn’t his father. When it was their turn, he slipped a crumpled note into the cashier’s palm without looking up.
Don’t call the police yet. He’s right beside me.
The cashier’s smile didn’t falter, but her hands shook. She stalled—price check, coupon scan, small talk—anything to buy seconds while the store’s cameras blinked above and the security guard chatted at the entrance. Then the boy whispered, barely moving his lips: “Watch his left pocket.”
What the cashier noticed next made her hit the silent alarm with her knee—without breaking eye contact. Watch: [in comment] – Made with AI