Fuller.
Eli sat back down, exhausted but glowing.
Sarah knelt beside him, holding him close, breathing in the moment like it was oxygen.
The lemonade was gone.
The cups were gone.
But the sign stayed.
What Happened Next
Eli passed away six weeks later.
Peacefully.
At home.
At his memorial, something unexpected happened.
Motorcycles lined the street.
Dozens of them.
The same bikers. More than before.
They stood quietly at the back, leather vests and bowed heads, honoring a boy who had asked for nothing more than conversation.
On a small table near Eli’s photo sat a familiar piece of cardboard.
LEMONADE
50¢
“I just want to talk.”
Because sometimes, that’s all anyone really wants.