I wasn’t sure when Grant had his break on Saturdays, but I decided to take a chance it would be around one o’clock in the afternoon. I parked in the customer lot and walked around to the shipping and receiving area where I usually delivered during the week.
Grant was in the middle of unloading a semi, so I waited on the side, leaning against the same pole as I always did. When he finished with the driver, our eyes locked, and his sweaty face lit up like it was Christmas. Yeah, I was dumb, but I’d finally caught a clue.
He mouthed “five minutes” to me and I gave him a thumbs-up sign. I watched as Grant ran over to the forklift and took off around the building. He was back in four minutes, his long-legged stride eating up the distance in no time.
When Grant was within a foot of me, he sto
