Like everyday after work, I took a shortcut through the carpark to get to the main road where taxis would be abundant. However, just as I walked past a pillar, a lady’s scream came tearing through the ominous silence. Out of shock, I turned towards the voice and saw a teenage lying on her back…Continue readingQuick Draw
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Super Cool
(Rin whispered) ‘i don’t understand the show.’ ‘just continue napping. I’ll wake you up when it’s over.’ ‘I don’t want to.’ I had to admit that my mind wasn’t with her when I said that, given the fact that I only got the drift of the movie about a quarter way in. Without thinking much…Continue readingSuper Cool
Payment Modes
(Woman’s voice) ‘Rick? Can I talk to you for a minute?’ ‘Yeah sure. Oh. You are.. OH!.. his mum. What is it?’ Besides catching me off-guard outside the swimming pool I conducted my classes at, I was more surprised at how I never noticed the able-bodied mum of a student under my wing. Given how…Continue readingPayment Modes
Open for Closing
(Jolie asked) ‘One more for you?’ (I declined) ‘No thanks. I’m working tomorrow.’ ‘Okay then. One more for me.’ The day-one staff poured herself another shot of vodka and emptied it as quickly as the first, tipping her off balance as the alcohol hit her twice in a row. Having survived a Saturday night with…Continue readingOpen for Closing
Meat-pole Dancing
After watching the two regulars (customer) finished their halves of a sandwich, they readily picked their gym bags up for what I presume, their pole-dancing class. The younger of them, a lady around my age but seemingly taller than me, came up to me with a wad of napkins, sliding it toward me as she…Continue readingMeat-pole Dancing