The Fortune Cookie Affair, Chapter 13
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Challenge: The Short Affair
-Prompt Word #1 - Figure
-Prompt Colour – Black
Author: mrua7
Title: Soft Touch
Word count: Approximately 775
Melody Harris was a pretty high school age girl who’d gotten herself pulled into the middle of a THRUSH plot.
Much to Napoleon Solo’s dismay, he had to thwart said plot and rescue the innocent young damsel in distress. He managed both, thank goodness. Though the dress shop in which it all took place, along with its contents, was pretty much demolished.
He hadn't had a full night's sleep in four days now. A foolish concern for a man who was supposed to be cold and ruthless, but then he was struggling with that just a little more than he let anyone see. When he closed his eyes he dreamed of that moment when Nick had shot the guard, remembered the desperate look in the dying man's eyes as he'd turned around and walked away. And sometimes in his dream, Nick handed the gun to him and smiled expectantly, and sometimes Illya pulled the trigger.
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