“Hi! This is Ben Ramsey, I’m not here right now. Please leave a message after the tone.”

I pictured his phone screen. 12 missed calls, 3 voicemails, mailbox full. Flash. Flash. Flash.

I tapped a message out on my screen. “Ben, it’s Katy, I’m on the way over, if this is a gag I’m not laughing.” I tried to keep it light, keep it normal, brother sister stuff, tried to fool myself.

Ben lived south o...

Cleanup in aisle 12.

Cleanup in aisle 5.

Cleanup in every damn aisle. I swear they hired some kid to just walk round the store dropping shit left right and all over. One day I was gonna catch him and do clean up on HIM.

So I bought cameras. I used my store discount, I’m not dumb. Government pension and minimum wage don’t stretch far, so I waited til 20% Friday and swooped. Five at first, then o...