Josephina smiled when she saw the two suitcases standing beside her neighbor’s garbage cans. It looked like they were a couple ready to go on vacation.
“Did you see t
he neighbor’s garbage cans?” Josephina asked Pat. “They look ready to go on a holiday overseas with their fancy new luggage.”
Pat looked out the window and shook her head. “Don’t be silly. They’re obviously throwing out those suitcases.”
“I don’t know. They look awfully nice to me.”
Pat shook her head and didn’t think of the suitcases again.
But when Josephina got home from the market after work her neighbor was standing in his driveway shaking his head. She walked over.
“Mr. Ramos, is something the matter?”
He looked at Josephina with his brow furrowed. “You haven’t happened to see my garbage cans, have you?”