Day 290: 'If you want'

It was a lackadaisical answer. "If you want," he said. It also came after much silent pondering, while I stood there waiting. Of course, what would you expect at the kind of question I was asking?

The guy I'd found was in his 50s with a mustache and glasses and driving a white Ford Ranger with a topper. He really did pause in answering me. A slight smile crept across his face. And then, finally, "If you want." I did want to, so I prayed for him.

He thanked me after I finished.