We went to a caf\u00e9, sat down, and placed our order. That\u2019s when I noticed the waitress looked strangely familiar\u2014but she was cold, almost hostile. She tossed the menus onto the table and spoke sharply. Confused, I asked, \u201cDo we know each other?\u201d Her expression shifted for a second before she looked away.<\/p>\n
My husband raised an eyebrow but stayed silent. I tried to ignore it, telling myself she was just having a bad day, yet something about her attitude felt personal. The tension lingered like a memory I couldn\u2019t quite grab.<\/p>\n
When she returned with our drinks, she set them down too hard, tea nearly spilling. My husband whispered, \u201cWhat was that?\u201d I had no answer. But then the waitress asked quietly, \u201cYou really don\u2019t remember me, do you?\u201d<\/p>\n
I froze. \u201cShould I?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe went to school together,\u201d she said. \u201cYou were always with your group of friends.\u201d She didn\u2019t say popular<\/em>, but it hung in the air. That\u2019s when it clicked\u2014she had been the quiet girl in the back of the class, bright but overlooked. Not ignored out of cruelty, but out of thoughtlessness.<\/p>\n \u201cYou were nice,\u201d she said, \u201cbut you never really saw me.\u201d<\/p>\n A lump rose in my throat. \u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u201d I said. \u201cYou deserved more kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n The tension softened. Before we left, I thanked her again\u2014for the honesty. Walking home, I told my husband, \u201cShe reminded me everyone has a story\u2026 even the people we forget to notice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We went to a caf\u00e9, sat down, and placed our order. That\u2019s when I noticed the waitress looked strangely familiar\u2014but she was cold, almost hostile. She tossed the menus onto the table and spoke sharply. Confused, I asked, \u201cDo we know each other?\u201d Her expression shifted for a second before she looked away. My husband …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1766"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1768,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions\/1768"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storypulls.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}