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Submitted to Contest #315
CW: strong language and verbal/physical aggression. ‘You’re overdoing this lately, you know that, don’t you?’ The little git said.I glanced over at the pretty-boy’s face sliced in half by the shadows from the the piss-yellow gloom of the bar. A slow ribbon of smoke crawled from the cigarette clamped between his lips.‘Oh, forgive me, Mr. Sobriety,’ I said, giving him the warmest smile I could fake before knocking back the shot. I let the Mexican blessing burn a hole in my gut, riding the hiss of pain into a slow turn on my stool. ‘It’s not li...
Submitted to Contest #305
‘I mean, you tell me — am I the biggest hypocrite alive?’ I said, pulled out a cigarette, stuck it in my mouth. ‘Week after week, I stand up there, flapping my gums, feeding them stories I don’t even believe anymore. Just lies. All of it.’‘Jeremy, please.’ Heinmenner raised his hand. ‘I have two more patients after you.’ He pointed at the cigarette.‘The one-on-ones are the worst. I have a meeting with this kid tomorrow. Naive one,’ I said, staring at the coffee table between us but not really seeing it. ‘He says he wants to follow in my foot...
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