The last shave

The only person Robert let call him Bob was Ted, his closest friend and barber. 

They'd known each other since they were kids, fought a war together too.  Both,
lucky to make it home alive.

Robert talked Ted out of retirement for a day, for a lather and and a shave in honor
of his fiftieth wedding anniversary.

On this monumental day, no one knew that Ted and Bob wouldn't see it end.  The
spasms from Ted's heart attack saw to that.

A shave too close for comfort.

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