The Mystery Danger Serials: A Kiss Goodbye

It's Funny

It's funny...

     the things you remember when your number is almost up. They teach you to remain calm, to keep your wits about you.

     "If a man can keep control of his thoughts in a time of crisis, he might have a chance at survival."

      To ensure your survival, they train you. You train until the training becomes automatic, as natural as breathing. Then... then they stress you, they challenge you, they beat you physically, and beat you worse mentally. And when you are at that point of not wanting to go on anymore, that's when they test you. That's when they see if the training stuck!

     I know how to survive. I pasted the tests. I know how to get out of a tight spot.

     So why is it that, in the mother of all tight spots, with this half-wit lummox wrapping chains around my oxfords, why is it that the only thing I can remember is the color of her lipstick?

     It's just funny to me, that's all...