He buckles her into her car seat. “Be right back,” he says.

Leaving the door open, he returns the cart to a nearby stall.

He turns and sees a strange woman talking to her. He shouts, and she quickly walks away. He runs back.

“I can’t tell you,” she says.

Seth Rosenman is currently writing a list of different ways to say “I told you so.” His poems and short fiction have appeared in 50-Word Stories, Microfiction Monday Magazine, The Bookends Review, and elsewhere. His blog goes by infiniteseth.blogspot.com.