Is a Good Cuppa So Hard to Find?

Short fiction

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“What’ll I get ya, hon?”

The question catches her so off guard she clatters her flatware onto the floor. She’d been polishing them so furiously that her sweaty palms soaked the napkin, now stuck to her fingers in white shreds and flakes. “Hon? Anything to drink for you?”