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Weekly Contest #39
“You know the old debate: would you steal a loaf of bread to feed your family? Well what if you saw the bread being stolen? What if it was your family they were stealing for? What then?It all started last week. It was a Friday so I was in pretty good spirits. I had a date planned with a girl I’d been seeing for a few weeks. Nothing serious yet, but things were going well. We were gonna meet for drinks, maybe take a walk through the park. It was a nice day, especially for early November in Connecticut.I had a few more neighborhoods to go and ...
My emerald apron is fastened around my waist. My hands are freshly washed with soap one hundred degree water. The gallon of whole milk in front of me remains unopened as the espresso machine hums, sending a vibration through my fingertips and up to my neck. I shiver away the sensation and come to the task in front of me. The hot breath of my supervisor is just close enough to fluster the fly-aways that escape from beneath my regulation head-ware. “Are you ready?” She breaths.I echo her breath. “Yes,”...
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