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by Ronald G. Mindzak (Author)
The Time Merchant Café serves the finest coffee available of any time, so the sign over the shop reads. But good coffee is not all the café has to offer. If you want to view your future, all you need to do is accept the caveat that once seeing your future, it can change. It sounds harmless enough. What if you see yourself coming into money but not knowing where that money will come from, will you question everything you do so you can insure that outcome? Will you buy that sports car if you see yourself in a casket within a year, not knowing what the cause of your death really is? For some of the people who take that peek, knowing can be a curse. For others it can have a positive influence. Either way, the Waiter at the café literally makes a living from the outcome of people viewing their future. If people live longer from their "peek", he takes that many years off his own life span. If they die earlier due to that "peek", he pleasantly adds their unused years to his own life. The Waiter is quite old and currently has a nice backlog of years. It seems that many people want to take that peek in the hopes of controlling their destiny only to find out that it has shortened their lives, much to the pleasure of the Waiter at the Time Merchant Café.
After reading these stories, would you accept the Waiter's offer to see your future? You should at least accept his offer for a cup of coffee.
