Baby Shoes for Sale

She told him she was pregnant.

He didn’t even blink. He offered money for an abortion and everything else that would be needed.

She called him a cold block of wood and accused him of needing no one because his heart had room only for program code. She jumped up and left—but she didn’t slam the door. She closed it quietly.

Since then five years have passed, and he’s still waiting for the slam of the door—a loud, clear final point. He has a woman now, and there’s a job in America, but… somehow it’s uneasy. Something isn’t right.

And then there’s this ad about shoes that won’t let you sleep peacefully…

So in the end, he decides to find her and slam that door once and for all.