Take Your Breath Away

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“We can simply kill them, but there are alternatives you might want to consider.”

“If we even have any,” Brie Mason said. “Maybe it’s just one.”

“Oh,” said the man with the name charlie stitched to the front of his gray coveralls, “you never have just one.”

Brie felt her heart sink. “You’re joking.”

Charlie was on his knees in front of the kitchen sink, the lower cupboard doors open, waving a flashlight around in there.

“Well, mice aren’t exactly loners, if you know what I mean. They’re social little creatures and they like hanging out with other little mousies.” Charlie squinted. “I’m seeing what could be a couple turds back there under the trap.”

“I haven’t put out any traps,” Brie said.

“Not that kind of trap,” Charlie said. “The drain, under the sink.”

“Oh, of course,” Brie said, thinking she should know better, what with her husband being a contractor and all. She leaned back on the kitchen island, arms folded across her chest in a mock-supervisory pose. “So, by turds, you mean droppings.”

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