"It’s a date," Arthur laughed. "I’ve been looking for a reason to start wearing blue suede."
The clerk, a young kid with colorful laces and a sympathetic smile, shook his head. "System won't let me, sir. It’s a package deal. BOGO or nothing." buy one pair of shoes get one free
To most people, it was a bargain. To Arthur, a man who had spent forty years walking the same three-mile loop to the shipyard and back, it was a cosmic joke. Arthur had lost his left leg in a docking accident a decade ago. He only ever needed one shoe. "It’s a date," Arthur laughed