Fifty-Five Fiction
Free Jazz
"Damn! Do you hear that?!"
"Yea."
"Can’t you feel that smooth, sexy vibe? That Jazz?!"
"He’s a hell of a saxophone player."
"See why I wanted to stop here?"
"C’mon Vince...we gotta get to class."
"Hold up, J. Let me pay my respects."
"Then, give him the dollar! We’re going to miss the L train."
Toy Soldier
"What've we got?"
"Double homicide: Mother, daughter. Multiple gunshot wounds in the girl’s chest and Mom's back."
"She was shielding her?"
"Yea."
"What happened?"
"He won't talk - we found GSR on his hands."
"Where’d he get the gun?"
"From a box of their Dad's belongings. He died last year on the boy’s 8th birthday."