An Encounter

She asked for a ride but wanted something else

Photo by Molly Belle on Unsplash

Every few years for no apparent reason, I wonder what became of her.

I met her by the crab house on the corner near my eastern Baltimore County home early one chilly morning. I had just left for work. I stopped at the stop sign and checked left for oncoming traffic. When I looked right, there she was, bending down to peer through the…