Monsters Under the Bed
“He was soft and puffed around the middle, but he had a good head on his shoulders. He brushed his brown hair out of his eyes as he watched me saunter closer and sit down on the visitor’s chair.
“Gimme a break,” I mock growled, and he laughed some more. Even back on the force, I had hated early morning shifts, while Benny was a morning person. By noon, when most people had finally gotten the sleep out of their eyes, he had gotten all of his workday done.
“What brings you over to the dark side, S...ammy? Or did you forget you don’t work here anymore?” He nudged my arm playfully and winked. “Or did you miss me?” “Yeah, like a bad rash.” I shoved his arm but not that hard. It was fun, and a part of me missed my old friends and colleagues. But there had been name-calling and veiled threats thrown into the mix of those memories too. “Listen, man. I need a favor.” “Aha.” He nodded, unsurprised. “Get to it, pretty boy.MoreLess
“Gimme a break,” I mock growled, and he laughed some more. Even back on the force, I had hated early morning shifts, while Benny was a morning person. By noon, when most people had finally gotten the sleep out of their eyes, he had gotten all of his workday done.
“What brings you over to the dark side, S...ammy? Or did you forget you don’t work here anymore?” He nudged my arm playfully and winked. “Or did you miss me?” “Yeah, like a bad rash.” I shoved his arm but not that hard. It was fun, and a part of me missed my old friends and colleagues. But there had been name-calling and veiled threats thrown into the mix of those memories too. “Listen, man. I need a favor.” “Aha.” He nodded, unsurprised. “Get to it, pretty boy.MoreLess
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