I took a detour after work. The push mower stood in the front lawn where we’d left it earlier after my EMT partner and I treated an old man in distress and transported him to the ER.

I finished mowing his precise rows, then stored it away in his garage.

William Cass has had over 325 short stories appear in literary magazines and anthologies. A nominee for Best Small Fictions and Best of the Net, he’s also had six Pushcart nominations. His first short story collection was published by Wising Up Press in 2020, and a second collection has recently been released by the same press.