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Submitted to Contest #52
It sounds dramatic in books and movies, but I will tell you first hand, there’s no exaggeration. Time did slow down. The raindrops, so speedy and eager to hit the ground, froze mid-air, curious to see how I would react. The crowded streets, people in such a hurry to get home, suddenly didn’t care so much. They moved lazily as if moving through thick jello. My eyes didn’t settle on anything else, however. All my attention was towards that one man, a smile stretched across his cocoa skin. Dark hair, and bushy eyebrows just a...
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