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But
even
as
I
write
these
words
,
something
inside
shouts
that
there
is
more
.
I
’
m
a
person
.
I
was
somebody
before
I
went
under
the
surgeon
’
s
knife
.
And
I
have
to
love
someone
.
May
8
Even
now
that
I
have
learned
what
has
been
going
on
behind
Mr
.
Donner
’
s
back
,
I
find
it
hard
to
believe
.
I
first
noticed
something
was
wrong
during
the
rush
hour
two
days
ago
.
Gimpy
was
behind
the
counter
wrapping
a
birthday
cake
for
one
of
our
regular
cus
tomers
—
a
cake
that
sells
for
$
3
.
95
.
But
when
Gimpy
rang
up
the
sale
the
register
showed
only
$
2
.
95
.
I
started
to
tell
him
he
had
made
a
mistake
,
but
in
the
mirror
behind
the
counter
I
saw
a
wink
and
smile
that
passed
from
the
cus
tomer
to
Gimpy
and
the
answering
smile
on
Gimpy
’
s
face
.
And
when
the
man
took
his
change
,
I
saw
the
flash
of
a
large
silver
coin
left
behind
in
Gimpy
’
s
hand
,
before
his
fingers
closed
on
it
,
and
the
quick
movement
with
which
he
slipped
the
half
-
dollar
into
his
pocket
.
"
Charlie
,
"
said
a
woman
behind
me
,
"
are
there
any
more
of
those
cream
-
filled
eclairs
?
"
"
I
’
ll
go
back
and
find
out
.
"
I
was
glad
of
the
interruption
because
it
gave
me
time
to
think
about
what
I
had
seen
.
Certainly
,
Gimpy
had
not
made
a
mistake
.
He
had
deliberately
undercharged
the
customer
,
and
there
had
been
an
understanding
between
them
.
I
leaned
limply
against
the
wall
not
knowing
what
to
do
.
Gimpy
had
worked
for
Mr
.
Donner
for
over
fifteen
years
.
Donner
—
who
always
treated
his
workers
like
close
friends
,
like
relatives
—
had
invited
Gimpy
’
s
family
to
his
house
for
dinner
more
than
once
.
He
often
put
Gimpy
in
charge
of
the
shop
when
he
had
to
go
out
,
and
I
had
heard
stories
of
the
times
Donner
gave
Gimpy
money
to
pay
his
wife
’
s
hospital
bills
.
It
was
incredible
that
anyone
would
steal
from
such
a
man
.
There
had
to
be
some
other
explanation
.
Gimpy
had
really
made
a
mistake
in
ringing
up
the
sale
,
and
the
half
-
dollar
was
a
tip
.
Or
perhaps
Mr
.
Donner
had
made
some
special
arrangement
for
this
one
customer
who
reg
ularly
bought
cream
cakes
.
Anything
rather
than
believe
that
Gimpy
was
stealing
.
Gimpy
had
always
been
so
nice
to
me
.
I
no
longer
wanted
to
know
.
I
kept
my
eyes
averted
from
the
register
as
I
brought
out
the
tray
of
eclairs
and
sorted
out
the
cookies
,
buns
,
and
cakes
.
