Her back rested against the headboard. “This for your wife?”
“No, too chancy. I’m hiring a professional.”
“How about me?”
He smirked. “Cute. But who’d be dumb enough to hire a lady hit man?”
She wet her lips, sighting along the barrel.
“Your wife.”
I read this 55 word short story so long ago. Occasionally I go looking for it on the internet.
Today I was doing some work with students doing 55 word stories. Again I went searching for it. And eventually I found it.
At last.
