"Why are you returning me?" it said with a sad face.
Without hesitation, I grabbed the colorful pinkish purple plastic box and opened the top. "Shhh...you have to go back. Don't worry too much about why...please just understand that I have to take you back."
The sad face turned its cheek and climbed into the box still uncertain if it was the right thing to do. I covered the rest of the box in it's usual packaging and laid it inside a worn brown paper bag. I walked up to the return counter and asked the associate that I would like make a return. While waiting for the associate to assist me properly, I peeked inside the brown bag and noticed that the top of the box was uncovered. It was gone. I panicked and glanced my left, my right, and under my boots. NOTHING!
I backed away from the counter as I saw the associate turned around and started digging inside the bag, then called out to me, "Come over here!" I pretended not to hear and started walking away but I saw the security at the door then I stopped. I got to just face this because there was no way out. I walked back to the return counter. The associate pulled the box up and there it was. It was there all along.
"I lost my invisibility when the guy tried to tape the top of the cover. So I guess this is good-bye?" it said looking at me. For a moment, I felt bad but needed to let it know. "I love you so much that I just want you to be happy, even if that happiness no longer includes me," I confirmed.
I walked away passed the security.
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I swear I just had an Anabelle dream that freaked me out this morning. And then the last line quoted from the movie The Longest Ride.
/LOL
/WEIRDO