Eavesdropping
22 Sep 2021Today’s prompt: “Eavesdrop today – on the bus, in line for lunch, or on the street. What do people say? What do they really sound like?”
Killer 1, who is currently approaching your house: So what do you think this guy did, anyway?
Killer 2, who is also currently approaching your house: I don’t know. Ain’t my business.
Killer 1: You ain’t curious?
Killer 2: I ain’t paid to be curious, and you ain’t paid to ask questions.
Killer 1: Okay.
Killer 2: Asking questions is how you get on the boss’s shit list.
Killer 1: Okay! (Brief pause.) You sure this is the right house?
Killer 2: He wrote down the address. (Digs in his pocket for a scrap of paper; presents it to Killer 1.)
Killer 1: Is that a 1 or a 7?
Killer 2: That’s a 7.
Killer 1: His 1’s look like 7’s to me.
Killer 2: It’s clearly a 7.
Killer 1: Why don’t we give him a call, make sure we’re right?
Killer 2: Do you want to bother him at this hour?
Killer 1: … No.
Killer 2: Do you want to explain to him that this asshole he’s been chasing from safehouse to safehouse for months got away because you wanted to look up the address?
Killer 1: … No.
Killer 2: Then get your fucking gun out. We’re here.