Tucson, Arizona
The Same Night
After a long day at work, Roderick Bailey sat alone at the dining room table eating carne asada tacos and sipping on a diet Coke. He still hadn’t changed from the suit he wore while at work into the casual clothes he typically wore while relaxing before bed. Wearied mentally and emotionally from the strain of work and personal issues, tonight, Roderick ate for sustenance and not for pleasure. Luisa was already sound asleep. It was a very late night at work. Roderick told her not to wait up for him. Somewhat disappointed, she actually took his advice and listened to him and wasn’t there to greet him when he arrived, Roderick decided to eat the extra tacos he purchased for his wife himself.
No point in wasting them, he convinced himself as he took another bi
