Quick and Painless - Chapter One

 

One

For some men, life is taken with ease and survived with difficulty. Sophia Refuti found both prospects difficult, but then, she was not a man. That was one of the few blessings life had chosen to bestow upon her. Hands shaking, she wrapped her stiff fingers around the gun in her pocket. Safety off. The trigger was loose beneath her touch as she slumped into the corner. Hard wooden