Flashover
“Nick listened as his boss talked into the receiver.“If you’ve finished, then? Your obligation is clear whether or not your conscience is. Unless you’d like to repay the hundred thousand with interest?”Silence.“I didn’t think so. We have only a small wrinkle on this end, a delay that has briefly prevented our shipment. It will be resolved quickly. At that time you will supply the other piece of information.”The forced calm in his boss’s voice did not fool Nick.“Do you understand me, Roger?”He wa...ited a beat before he continued. “Very good. And Roger? Please do not contact me again. I abhor discussing business on the phone. Goodbye.”He watched as his boss hung up and made himself a cup of tea.Nick sighed, feeling again the sting of humility because he had not been able to resolve things. A distant memory rose to the surface. He remembered his father’s face when the men lifted their sticks. Heard him cry out for mercy. They didn’t know it, but the brutes collecting their protection money at his father’s small shop in New York decades ago had made him a man that day.MoreLess
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