Meli pursed her lips tightly as she walked along the candy aisle of the convenience store, seeming as though she were indecisive of what to get when in reality she was tense of the situation she found herself to be in.
As she was walking home from her shift she noticed that someone seemed to be following her. Initially, she thought she was being paranoid, but after entering the convenience store her suspicions were only confirmed. The man had followed her inside and everytime she switched aisles he would follow close behind, pretending to look over the variety of snacks.
At this point she wasn’t sure what to do. She didn’t want to cause a scene, but she also didn’t want to exit the store and have him follow her home. She was stuck. In her silent mental panic she looked over at the young man behind the counter and got an idea. “Um, excuse me, sir. Could help me with something,please?”