Prologue

He woke up several hours later, and was surrounded by walls of dirt. It took him several moments to realize that he was lying in a ditch. As he slowly stood up, he noticed a sharp pain in his lower back, and he remembered what happened...

Cranberry Sauce

Dick, son of Robbert Dickerson, needed to buy something for the Thanksgiving feast that was at his friend's house. He wasn't sure what he needed to get, though he planned on calling when he got to the supermarket. Thanksgiving at his friend's place was a tradition for him. His family always begged him to have it at their house, but Dick was always uncomfortable around his parent's black friends. They seemed to have a hungry look in their eyes, and not for the turkey.

Dick couldn't get a hold of his friend when he reached the store, so he decided to get some cranberry sauce. He walked down the aisles looking for the goods, he had never been in this supermarket before, and he figured that it might take him a while.

Thirty minutes later he was at the end of the store and noticed that he was at the last aisle, he prayed it would be there. Then he got an idea, an employee was stocking one of the shelves with green beans, and Dick decided to ask her where the cranberry sauce was at. She pointed to the end of the aisle, and there was only one can left, so Dick took it. When he turned around to leave, he saw two of the black men from his parent's Thanksgiving dinners. They just stared at him until Dick turned the corner and left.

While Dick was heading towards his car the black guys appeared again. They tried to be reasonable and allow him to give them the cranberry sauce, but he refused. The scary men grabbed him and knocked him out.

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