Tag: drugs
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THE MAN IN THE WINDOW
Midday, there he is, like clockwork. She looks out the window as he walks along the alley. He gets to the junction and stops. She checks her watch and starts timing him. Thirty seconds exactly, then he starts walking again. Everyday the same routine. She has imagined why he acts this way. Has he lost…
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SHE SECRETLY HOPED
She secretly hoped they wouldn’t find them. Why else would she have hidden them so deliberately? She put on a brave front, pretending to enjoy the hunt. It’ll be fine, they told her. Everyone else was doing it. The stash of pills was duly discovered. Her addictive personality was defenceless. Written as part of #MicroMondays,…
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WISE CHOICE
Dimitrios waved the truck off as it turned the corner and disappeared from view. A weight lifted from his shoulders as it departed. Since his great-grandfather delivered medical supplies and food during the war, smuggling had been in the family. His father had built up the shipping company to establish a network bringing drugs into…