The weather had turned for the worse after a brief promise of spring. It was March and there was a gray that lurked in the sky, making the streets somber and sullen. There were still people on the streets despite the weather. An old lady trudged by as she wrestled with a shopping trolley stuffed with groceries in one hand, while the other hand gripped her coat close to her body. Two men in business suits raced out of their car and into a nearby coffee shop. Students hurried back from their university lectures with their faces to the ground carrying heavy-looking bags over their shoulders. Jim had to dress in three layers of clothing all topped off with gloves and a scarf and a silly hat he won at a fairground all just to keep the cold at bay. His phone buzzed in his pocket and when he pulled…
