One Time Too Many by Ian Gonzales
“It just happened again.”
I look up from the delivery schedule I’m studying and glance at my coworker. “What?”
Josh stares back at me, a frown wrinkling his brow. “I saw another cat. Another black one.” He gestures out through the windshield of the truck. “Scampered across the street right in front of me as I was coming back from the drop-off.”
I glance in the indicated direction, but all I can see is the rain, sheeting down out of an overcast sky, coming down so hard that it nearly hides the building that line the street. “Okay. And that’s significant because…”
“’Cause it’s gotta be the tenth one I’ve seen today.” Now Josh is glaring at me. “Ten black cats, crossing my path. In. One. Day.”
“Josh,” I begin, trying to find a way to say this without starting an argument. “It’s a city. Lots of cats in the city. And in this weather, how can you be sure they were all black? Besides, that black cat stuff is just a superstition. It doesn’t mean anything. Jus...
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I look up from the delivery schedule I’m studying and glance at my coworker. “What?”
Josh stares back at me, a frown wrinkling his brow. “I saw another cat. Another black one.” He gestures out through the windshield of the truck. “Scampered across the street right in front of me as I was coming back from the drop-off.”
I glance in the indicated direction, but all I can see is the rain, sheeting down out of an overcast sky, coming down so hard that it nearly hides the building that line the street. “Okay. And that’s significant because…”
“’Cause it’s gotta be the tenth one I’ve seen today.” Now Josh is glaring at me. “Ten black cats, crossing my path. In. One. Day.”
“Josh,” I begin, trying to find a way to say this without starting an argument. “It’s a city. Lots of cats in the city. And in this weather, how can you be sure they were all black? Besides, that black cat stuff is just a superstition. It doesn’t mean anything. Jus...
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Summary: A delivery worker, Josh, becomes increasingly superstitious after seeing multiple black cats on his ...
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