The Chandelier
This story received an honorable mention in the first round of the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge 2021. The story had to have these elements: Action/Adventure genre, acrobat, dependence. =========================== Sam dodged the fist coming his way and delivered a knee to the stomach. He followed with an elbow to his victim’s back, sending him sprawling to the cement. He picked up the bleeding guy’s head by the hair and said, “Call off work for a few days,” and threw him back down to the pavement, breaking his nose. Sam brushed himself off, buttoned his black leather jacket, crossed the open plaza surrounded by high rise buildings and got into the back seat of the waiting SUV. The car pulled into traffic as soon as the door was closed. “Alright, I beat him up as requested. Who was he?” Sam asked. “Part of the next assignment. We need you to take out a Bulgarian politician’s daughter. He has, shall we say, disappointed us. She thinks she...