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Submitted to Contest #79
Lunch breaks were always too short for busy people hungry to go run errands. 23 minutes. That was how much time Harold had left, before he had to go racing back to his non-official grease monkey job, working out of a small space in the old auto parts factory. Money paid under the table every 2 weeks, just how Harold liked it. Ex-convicts were hard up on finding decent jobs in Southern Nebraska. But Harold was known for being resourceful. Even now, looking down the messy isles of this god-forsaken grocery store, Harold smiled to himself remem...
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