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Weekly Contest #188
[THIS STORY CONTAINS IMPLIED VIOLENCE]----------------------------------------------- "So, what's the catch?" he whispers to himself. "I'm sorry, sir. I didn't catch quite that." He can't see the waitress across the counter through the greasy thicket of black hair that envelops his face. "Just a coffee, please." No sooner does he finish speaking, he feels the warmth of her body move away from him. She’s uneasy, he can feel it in the way her breath hits the air. He picks at the brown crust of dried blood under his fingernails. The coffee i...
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