Secrets

Fernando helps a regular customer by fetching movies and doing the things that he usually does on a particular Sunday afternoon in June. The transaction goes through without a hitch, for this is one of Fernando's best, most frequent, and most trustworthy customers.

As she and her children turn to leave and Fernando wishes her a good evening, she looks back over her shoulder and says to Fernando, “Happy Father's Day.”

“But I'm not....” She did seem not hear the words that Fernando said, for she continued her egress.

Or...or she knows something that Fernando does not, and that worries him.