“Give me your money.”
“No.”
“What do you mean, no? Give me your fucking money. Do it, do it.”
“No.”
“I’ll cut you.”
“No.”
“I will, I’ll fucking cut you. Just hand over the money.”
“No.”
“You’re fucking crazy, I’ll do you, I will. Give me it, last chance,
I’ll cut you.”
“No.”
“You asked for this, you’re going to get it.”
# # #
“Jesusfuckingchrist, no. Stop.”
“No.”
“Please stop, I won’t oh Jesus I won’t do it oh shit shit shit I won’t
do it again I needed the money, I needed oh Jesus Jesus please stop
doing it I’m sorry I’m sorry…I can’t, I can’t breathe. Stop.”
“No.”
“I won’t. Again. Swear. Please. Please. Breathe.”
“No.”
“Stop.”
“No.”
“Pl-”
“No.”
5 responses so far ↓
Aldo - Mystery Dawg // May 7, 2007 at 10:08 pm
Yes, more, yes, more, yes, more.
Great fun in this piece.
JT Ellison // May 7, 2007 at 10:26 pm
Sweet!
killeryear // May 7, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Bartleby The Scribner meet Crime Fiction.
Megan Powell . Net » A few flash stories worth reading // May 18, 2007 at 9:08 am
[...] “No” by Iain Rowan [...]
Paul Brazill // December 6, 2008 at 11:50 am
Nasty but nice, Ian.