Caught Red Finger

I’m walking out of a store to my car out front. There is an SUV with two people waiting in the back seat. One appears to be an adult woman reading a magazine, and the other is a little girl of about nine years old. The girl is staring out the open side window and… seems to be daring herself to flip off strangers.

I notice it as I walk to my car. I think I see the child flipping me off in the corner of my eye. I turn my head and look at her, and she’s just sitting there watching me. So, I turn my attention to my car and then snap my head back at her. I caught her that time. I’m looking directly at her while she’s giving me the finger. She quickly puts down her hand, but I know what I saw.

I’m shaking my head and laughing at the situation as I get into my car. The girl has nervously sunk down in her seat, so only the part of her head from her eyes up is visible. She’s clearly watching me, worried I’ll get her in trouble.

Still laughing, I roll down my window and tell her, “Yep, I saw that.”

The girl then slid down lower until she was completely hidden from me.

Boredom and a young mind are a dangerous mix.