Knowing Each Other
William was shocked that a random police officer might know something like that about him when the pair hadn’t met before. However, he now wondered if they had gone to school together or something, and he had just forgotten about it.
A Symbol
Finally, it clicked. William knew why this officer thanked him for his service – he had a bumper sticker on his pickup truck, so everyone knew he had been in the Army. He often had people honk or wave to thank him for serving, but he’d never been stopped by a cop for that reason.