All Things Considered

Denise Grayson is a single mother and struggling. Its both Friday and payday and the bills are mounting as she sits in stalled traffic. What she needs is a break, way out. Smoke from the neighbors bar-b-q greets her as she rounds the corner for her front door.
"Something smells good," she says out loud, not meaning to have said it.
"I'm making plenty," he said. "Would you join me for dinner?"
It turns out to be the best thing she's heard All Things Condidered