“How much is your happiness worth?” they didn’t say.

“We’ll pay more for your time than your wife or kids would,” was the subtext.

“Our dream is more important,” explained the fine print.

“The job does look great,” I agreed.

Robert Bruce writes from Northern Rivers, in Australia. He claims to have many reasons for writing, but the simplest truth is that he cannot stop. His stories have appeared in Flash: The International Short-Short Story Magazine and Defenestration magazine.