“This won’t hurt a bit,” I whispered to the assassin operative from behind as I administered the lethal injection. His body crumpled to the floor. I felt badly but I had my orders.

Our team’s cleaner arrived. He unexpectedly grabbed me, needling me in the neck.

“This won’t hurt a…”

Connie Taylor is not an assassin. By day she is an Operations Manager; by night a writer and reader. This is her third fifty-word story.