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smiling faces
I took off my glasses; I’d rather be myself than an
exotic dancer!
“No, your wife is right. I’m a fairy.”
The husband backed a few feet away from me. His
eyes were wild. My instincts told me to get out of there,
but I was hungrily waiting for something to happen. I was
foolish. Then his left hand slowly went underneath the oak
dining table, and, when he brought it back out, he was
holding a gun.
Now it was my turn to back up. I looked around for a
door, a window, any escape. The wife, Anna, was silent in
the corner, her face white as chalk.
“In the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit,
there are no such things as fairies,” the husband preached.
His voice was like a sonic boom as he pointed the
pistol at my face.
I concentrated. I hadn’t made myself disappear in
a while, and I was out of practice. Luckily, it worked. I
heard the gunshot from the midair of Coleman Boulevard,
somewhere high above the house. I was safe.
* * * * *
Naturally, I resigned a few days later, once I had my
bearings.
“I’m truly sorry,” I told the Head Fairy, placing the
tooth-shaped ID card into his palm. “I thought I was cut
out for this job. I’m clearly not.”
He nodded. “I noticed.”
I tried not to bristle at his response. “If you need me to
train a new applicant, I will,” I offered.
“Nah,” he said. “I’ve trained tons of them myself. I’ve
never had an issue – until you.”
I wanted to tell him everything! But I didn’t. I figured
he would eventually find out that the problem was not me.
“OK,” I said. “Good luck.”
He smiled at me, his face gleaming in the streetlights. I
went home and put my feet up. I knew someone, someday
would discover the truth.
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