After my night gym classes, I'm always excited to purchase pastries in a high-end bakery at marked-down prices .
*to upkeep their freshness, the bakery clears off their pastries at 50% off their usual price one hour before closing time *

The full price would be too exorbitant for my budget.
I was behind a family in the queue.
The mother asked her child in a stroller what he wanted.
It was then that I noticed this child is no longer a toddler but much older.
Though he couldn't enunciate his words well, his mother understood what pastries he wanted.

My heart wrenched.