A Close Shave
March 10th 2010 Moments earlier he had been holding a cut-throat razor to my neck. How could I not give him the money? There was an unspoken agreement - if he left me intact, I would hand over whatever he wanted. But this was (almost literally) daylight robbery! I mean, 15.000 COP for a haircut and a wet shave? I don't pay much more than that in Lewisham!
Still, it was a very good shave and he seemed like a
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