Apothic Red Short Story
“Apothic Red…. Hmm…. Why not?” Mr. Malo was rifling through the bottles of wine at his local supermarket, wanting to choose the best for him and his wife. Distractedly, for Mr. Malo was trying to add the prices of everything he had chosen to make sure he could buy the wine, Mr. Malo pulled the bottle of wine from the shelf, but in the process, knocked the other bottle onto the floor, which started a chain-reaction that sent all of the wine bottles on the lowest shelf tumbling to the ground. Mr. Malo looked down the aisle in horror as row after row of wine bottles fell from the shelves. Terrified for his wallet, Mr. Malo discarded his bottle of wine and swiftly sped his shopping cart as far away from the scene of the crime as possible and towards
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Malo put his head on the steering wheel while thinking of all the negative outcomes that could come from him going to the celebration. What if an employee recognizes me? What if a security camera caught me? Would I go to prison? Would I ever see my wife and kids again? I’m doomed! Mr. Malo was about to drive away and pretend like his car broke down when he thought of an idea: disguise. Mr. Malo thought it was a brilliant idea, so he got a spare blanket in the backseat of his car and wrapped it around himself, similar to a poncho. Then, smirking to himself, Mr. Malo hobbled towards a bench in front of the supermarket so he could wait for his wife. After a short amount of time, Mr. Malo recognized his wife walking towards the supermarket and walked out to greet her. After a short (and not very truthful) explanation of why he was wearing a blanket, they went into the supermarket and towards the “Employees Only” area of the store so they could attend the party. They arrived just as the beginning speech was ending. “....and so, the ceremony has to be postponed due to the cleanup in the wine section. Hundreds of dollars were wasted, and we just don’t have the funds to celebrate. I am terribly sorry to waste everyone’s time, but the disaster happened on such a short
Malo put his head on the steering wheel while thinking of all the negative outcomes that could come from him going to the celebration. What if an employee recognizes me? What if a security camera caught me? Would I go to prison? Would I ever see my wife and kids again? I’m doomed! Mr. Malo was about to drive away and pretend like his car broke down when he thought of an idea: disguise. Mr. Malo thought it was a brilliant idea, so he got a spare blanket in the backseat of his car and wrapped it around himself, similar to a poncho. Then, smirking to himself, Mr. Malo hobbled towards a bench in front of the supermarket so he could wait for his wife. After a short amount of time, Mr. Malo recognized his wife walking towards the supermarket and walked out to greet her. After a short (and not very truthful) explanation of why he was wearing a blanket, they went into the supermarket and towards the “Employees Only” area of the store so they could attend the party. They arrived just as the beginning speech was ending. “....and so, the ceremony has to be postponed due to the cleanup in the wine section. Hundreds of dollars were wasted, and we just don’t have the funds to celebrate. I am terribly sorry to waste everyone’s time, but the disaster happened on such a short