The Christmas Throwaway
“It wasn't that he was in any particular hurry to answer the knock at six in the morning on Christmas Day, but that was how he did everything in life, always at full speed.
"Coming," he called, dodging Annabelle, who scurried through the foyer with a brightly-colored package in her hands, and pulled open the front door. He blinked at the man standing there, his best friend since he was two, in his uniform and looking both serious and very cold.
Quickly, Mark drew him inside, pushing the door shu...t behind him and watching as his friend stamped snow from his police-issue boots.
"Mark, do you have a minute?" "Hey, Ben. Official visit?" It was the usual question from Mark, a standard joke whenever Ben arrived at their door in uniform. Now Mark was waiting for Ben's standard reply, usually something along the lines of crimes against short people. This was because Mark had towered over Ben since the famous growth spurt in his sixteenth year.
Instead, Ben just shook his head, and Mark paused.
40 The Christmas Throwaway RJ Scott His friend looked so damn serious, and something in him made him glance at his wife as she joined him, trying to hold their wriggling daughter for a Christmas hello to Uncle Ben.MoreLess
"Coming," he called, dodging Annabelle, who scurried through the foyer with a brightly-colored package in her hands, and pulled open the front door. He blinked at the man standing there, his best friend since he was two, in his uniform and looking both serious and very cold.
Quickly, Mark drew him inside, pushing the door shu...t behind him and watching as his friend stamped snow from his police-issue boots.
"Mark, do you have a minute?" "Hey, Ben. Official visit?" It was the usual question from Mark, a standard joke whenever Ben arrived at their door in uniform. Now Mark was waiting for Ben's standard reply, usually something along the lines of crimes against short people. This was because Mark had towered over Ben since the famous growth spurt in his sixteenth year.
Instead, Ben just shook his head, and Mark paused.
40 The Christmas Throwaway RJ Scott His friend looked so damn serious, and something in him made him glance at his wife as she joined him, trying to hold their wriggling daughter for a Christmas hello to Uncle Ben.MoreLess
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