On her phone
With big relief she starts walking towards the woman with her child. The last meters she almost runs because she is so happy she finally found her. When Ruth arrives at the woman, something strange happens. The woman doesn’t look at her and pretends she is busy on her phone. ‘Maybe she hasn’t seen me yet, Ruth thinks. Ruth starts to talk to her and thanks her for saving her spot in the line. Then the woman finally looks at her and gives her the coldest look. She says that she doesn’t know what she means and continues to look at her phone.
Ruth is confused and looks at the woman who earlier seemed so friendly. “What do you mean, you don’t know?”, she shouts with a small raise in her voice. But the woman stays consistent and keeps insisting she doesn’t know her. Ruth can’t believe her eyes and tries a few more times to convince the woman to let her go back in line but it doesn’t work. Then Ruth gives up and decides to get her dog and get back in line. While she is already looking for Happy she asks the woman to give her dog back. But what the woman answers next, is something Ruth wouldn’t wish on her worst enemy.