
My Gig As A Pizza Delivery Guy Was Strange Enough, But This Order To 6834 Miller Ave. Will Haunt Me Forever
"The last thing he always says before he goes away. I heard the phrase so many times, I remembered it and asked Tokinari, the Japanese fellow in here, what it means. He said, you will die too. That's what it means."
By
Jack Follman
I staggered through the dark, nearly naked, to my door. Saw nothing out the peephole, foolishly just opened it.
Waiting for me was a small, poorly-wrapped gift package. The kind of wrap job you do for your mom’s present on Christmas when you are seven years-old.
I collected the gift and retreated to the warmth of the space heaters inside my apartment.
I tore at the green and red wrapping paper as fast as I could and was soon looking at a little note scribbled in sloppy handwriting which also looked like it could have belonged to a second grader, and a DVD.
“Mark –
Hoping things are good on the Frontier and at home. Sorry I missed Christmas yet again, but I thought this might make up for it.
Love,
Grandpa George”
I pushed away the note and laid eyes upon a DVD I would immediately pop into DVD player – a fresh copy of Tombstone.