She wiped her eyes.
“Nobody’s ever done that for him,” she said. “Nineteen years. Nobody’s ever stood up and said he didn’t do it.”
Henry got promoted in July.
Stock lead. Night shift. Three people report to him.
Terrence said he’s the most careful stocker in the whole store. Says every label in Henry’s aisles faces out. Says customers have started asking for him by name.
He has a new name tag.
HENRY — STOCK LEAD.
He wore it to dinner. Rosa told me. He wore it to church. He wore it to bed the first night.
In August, Zoe and I went to the Special Olympics Minnesota summer games. In Duluth. At the University of Minnesota campus.
Henry was competing. Track and field. The 100-meter dash and the long jump.
We sat in the bleachers. Zoe made a sign. Poster board and glitter.
GO HENRY!!! HIS NAME IS ON HIS SHIRT!!!
