Lex Nava

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“The Failed Thief ” by Lex Nava

Submitted to Contest #287

I jerked the palm of my hand against my chin hoping to crack my neck, but instead of feeling the tension release, I was rewarded by the sound of a gun cocking behind my head.  “Hands up. Turn around, slowly,” a woman’s voice behind me said. “Don’t try anything or else it’s over for you.” Shit.  I followed her instructions to be eye-to-eye with the barrel of a shotgun, hoisted by an older woman whose features I couldn’t distinguish much of in the dark. When the headlights of a passing car flashed through the windows, I only caught a...

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