by Brandy Bonifas
black coffee
He folds the newspaper and drinks the last of his coffee.
Straightening his tie, he kisses his wife and ruffles his son's hair.
“Do you have to go fill cavities and pull teeth today,
Dad?”
“That's the daily grind, son. I have to put food on the table
somehow.”
At work, he loosens his tie, rolls up his shirt sleeves, and locks
the pliers around a tooth. The man it belongs to pleads and squirms against his
restraints. “This isn't personal,” he says to the man tied to the chair. “But
the boss wants to know where his money is.”
About the author
Brandy Bonifas lives in Ohio with her husband and son. Her work has appeared in
anthologies by Clarendon House Publications, Pixie Forest Publishing, and Zombie
Pirate Publishing. To find out more, visit her at brandybonifas.com or follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/brandybonifasauthor/.
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