Modern medicine

He was passing the boxes through the window to his brother who was loading them into the van. He hated this, he hated every time his brother got him involved in his ‘scams’.

It was always going to be the ‘last time’, always ‘the final one’ then they could stop. But it didn’t stop and being involved made him feel sick, physically and mentally sick.

This was going to be the last he thought as he passed another five slim Samsung boxes through the open window. As he did he said to his brother firmly, “This is the last one for me, I can’t do this anymore. You don’t understand that it makes me feel sick.”

His brother paused and looked at him. Then he smiled and spoke, “Just keep taking the tablets.”