Old Man Comes to Store with Grocery List for Wife, Cashier Later Learns He Doesn’t Have a Wife at All — Story of the Day

“I’m so sorry to hear that your wife had passed away, Roger. I grew worried when you didn’t show up this weekend, so I wanted to check on you,” she told him.

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Emma helped Roger up so he could sit down. “Thank you,” he told her weakly. He was suffering from a fever and looked as if he hadn’t eaten a proper meal in days.

Emma gave him some medicine and told him to wait in the living room while she cooked something for him to eat. She walked towards the kitchen, where she was surprised to find cans of peas and carrots on the counter.

“I don’t understand…” she said to herself. “All the ingredients are unused. Has his wife been dead for a while now?” she thought.

She opened the freezer to get some chicken breasts and an unbaked pie crust. She decided to cook Roger a chicken pot pie, hoping it would make him feel better.

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Once she was done cooking, she took the pie to him in the living room. “I know it’s probably not as good as your wife’s chicken pot pie, but I hope it makes you feel better,” she told him.

Roger smiled at her. “Thank you, Emma,” he said, digging in. “I haven’t had chicken pot pie in over four years.”

That statement answered Emma’s lingering questions. Roger’s wife had been dead for a while now, and yet he continued to buy ingredients for her chicken pot pie. But why?

Emma shrugged off her thoughts once more and was happy to see Roger’s energy slowly getting better. She waited for him to finish his food before deciding to ask him a question.

“I hope you don’t mind me asking, Roger, but why would you buy ingredients for chicken pot pie every week and stack it in the kitchen? Do you cook it yourself?”

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Roger shook his head. “To be honest, Emma, I’ve been living in a fantasy where I think my wife Lara is coming back. So I prepare all the ingredients for chicken pot pie every week for when she returns.”

Emma was saddened by what Roger said, as she knew he was still mourning the loss of his wife. She didn’t know what to say, so she glanced at Roger’s wife’s photo again. “She’s beautiful,” she said.