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Mia
The truth is ugly and often hurts.
Mia triggered those around her with her refusal to couch her insults. Every remark succeeded in cutting the receiver exactly where it hurt most.
Her justification was that everyone deserved the truth. Only by recognizing his faults would a person be able to improve themselves.
However Frank, Mia's ex-boyfriend, used the excuse of honesty to rationalize being hurtful towards her. He claimed he was behaving no differently than Mia, but Mia didn't feel bad after speaking honestly to others.
Frank was a jerk. Mia told him so as she broke up with him.
The Hard-Boiled Dental Practitioner
When Nora walked into my office, I knew I was headed for trouble, the way a mosquito heads straight for an albino. Her brother was missing, and she wanted me to learn who was responsible. If I could find the 100,000 dollars he stole from her, all the better.
Her brother was the kind of scum that spat in your prescription bottles when he looked in your medicine cabinet. He was wanted by the police, by the mob, by the FBI, by everyone except the U.S. Army.
I told her no thanks. She needed a private dick, not a dentist.
Genre: Noir
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