Create a piece of flash fiction centered around a gritty, washed up, short-fused detective who accidentally stumbles upon a lost child. The problem (other than this detective’s natural dislike for children)? The detective was just fired for their long history of using excessive force and breaking the rules. The other problem? It becomes clear very quickly that this kid didn’t just lose their parents in the mall.

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