I heard the door chime as I swept the floor by the froyo dispensers. I rolled my eyes at myself, mentally chiding myself for forgetting to lock the door. I was now going to have to deal with someone looking for a sweet tooth fix at 10 PM. Didn’t they noticed how most of the lights were off in the store? The chairs turned over onto the tables? The empty toppings bar? Or were visions of mediocre froyo drowning in m&ms & hot fudge blinding them to the state of the store?
The froyo dispensers are along a curved wall, so you have to set away from them to see the door. I did this as I said, “we’re closed” but I trailed off when I saw the look on the face of the guy walking in. He was about 6″2, late 20s with broad shoulders. He was wearing a baseball cap pulled low, a long sleeve T and loose jogging pants and had glasses. I recognized him from him having been in the store each of the past three days, nursing his purchase for close to an hour each time, always staring at me when I glanced over to him.