The Glare of the Sun
(October 1988)
Cassie shielded her eyes as she came out of the store. It was a blindingly bright sunny afternoon. The sun was huge and low, everything seemed to glow. It almost was too much brightness. Cassie walked to her car and looked down the empty sidewalk. Not a person was out on the street, eerie for such a warm fall Saturday. She opened the door to her car and began to get in, but then she heard a door close and people talking. She couldn’t see them, she was blinded by the glare of the sun.
“You better drive, think I had too much beer.”
Cassie froze, but she felt her heart jump inside her. She took a deep breath, and then another one, but it was too little and too late. She felt her hands begin to shake like a leaf blown by a fierce wind. It was a long, long time. She wasn’t in town very often anymore.
“Yeah, that’s a good idea.” .
Cassie stared, she could now see them walking towards her. Her keys fell to the ground, but she wasn’t able to bend down to pick them up. Suddenly, he stopped and stared right back at her. “Hey…” she tried to say, but she couldn’t.
“Hey” he said. He turned to the man with the thick grey hair beside him, then he looked at her again.
“Hi” Cassie finally managed to say.