Every morning at the small café, employees prepared two coffees.
One for a customer.
One for nobody.
The second cup sat on the same table by the window.
Day after day.
Year after year.
Nobody drank it.
Nobody touched it.
The owner insisted it stay there.
Then one afternoon, a traveler passing through town finally asked why.
The owner stared at the untouched cup.
And smiled sadly.
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The café had once belonged to two sisters.
Every morning before opening, they shared coffee at the same table.
They discussed customers.
Family.
Life.
Everything.
Then one sister died unexpectedly from an aneurysm.
The surviving sister couldn’t bring herself to remove the second cup.
At first she thought the habit would disappear.
It didn’t.
Years later, customers became familiar with the tradition.
Many never asked.
Some already knew.
One winter morning, a regular customer quietly paid for both coffees.
The owner cried when she discovered the receipt.
Written at the bottom were six simple words:
“Nobody should drink alone forever.”
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