Poor Old Man Who Buys Groceries Every Day Stops Showing Up, Store Owner Decides to Check on Him — Story of the Day

A store owner decides to check on one of her regular customers after he suddenly stops showing up at her store. What she discovers along the way leaves her heartbroken.

“Good morning, Mr. Farrell! How are you doing?” Christie Nelson inquired cheerfully as she spotted her regular and favorite client, Ronald Farrell, at her store.

“Oh, darling! I’m all good,” the 90-year-old man replied, smiling. “How are your kids doing? And how’s your husband?”

“Everything’s pretty well, Mr. Farrell. So how may I assist you today?”

“Oh, that’s no trouble! I’ll have the same – one carrot, one beetroot, and cabbage – as always.”

“Sure, Mr. Farrell. I’ll ask Cindy to get it for you and ring it up.”

“Thank you, dear. You know, after my wife and I moved here, we were quite worried…” Mr. Farrell would go on to narrate the story about how his wife preferred fresh vegetables for her soup, so he dropped by the store every morning to fetch them. They feared they wouldn’t be able to buy fresh vegetables in the city when they first moved there.

Christine sometimes wondered how much Mr. Farrell loved his wife as there wasn’t a single day when he didn’t visit the store to get groceries for her soup.

“You know,” he’d say. “She’s always busy in the kitchen, so I’m in charge of the grocery shopping. Walking hurts my knees a lot, but I still come here every day because I love her soup. You should try it someday, Christine. No one can make it better than her, I assure you.”

“Oh, I’d love to, Mr. Farrell,” Christine smiled at him as Cindy brought him his groceries. “I’m sure Mrs. Farrell would love today’s vegetables. We just got a new shipment of them. Please convey my love to her.”

“Oh, I will – I will,” the elderly man murmured as he walked away slowly with his cane.

The next morning, when Christine came to the store, she told Cindy to prepare Mr. Farrell’s groceries in advance. However, he didn’t show up at the store that day. She thought something must have kept him busy, but he didn’t show up the next day either, and at that point, Christine worried about him.

He’d been complaining of knee pain the last time, so she thought it must be the reason and decided to drop off his groceries at his home. She...