Man About Town

Sid was down but not out. He kept himself clean and tidy and he was kind to his neighbours.
It was after he’d run an errand that he bumped into Celia in the corner cafe in town.

Sid was having trouble with his shoelaces. They’d come loose and he couldn’t retie them. Celia, festooned with designer shopping bags, watched bemused as she sipped her Guatemala latte.

When Sid continued to fumble, Celia decided to help him. She told him how lonely she was as her four children lived in different parts of the world. She felt out but not down.