Maintenance

Sara Walker's in Barcelona, deep cover. It's New Year's Eve — the eve of her 40th birthday. A CIA agent for more than twenty years, she's past her prime, jaded, numb, going through the professional motions, nothing more. Until a man named Chuck carries a message to her in a bar and she's drafted into a new mission, into reevaluating who she is and who she's been. Short story.