The Spilled Latte
Language: en
I got a call from the police station out of the blue, asking if I had bought a latte last month and accidentally dropped it. I admitted I had. The officer said I was in trouble and needed to come down to the station. I thought, It's just a latte. How much trouble could I be in? When I arrived, the officer looked at me sternly. "Miss, last month, someone slipped on the latte you dropped and suffered severe injuries. They were rushed to the ICU." I was stunned. The officer led me into a mediation room. Inside sat a young woman, her arm in a cast, gauze wrapped around the back of her…