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Submitted to Contest #14
His clammy hands felt clumsy and refused to fit in his pockets. He stopped trying to shove them in once he noticed that the receptionist’s eyes were on him, perhaps for the better since the blue plastic envelope had started to slide out from under his arm. He could just see himself desperately trying to pull out his hands, now stuck in small damp pockets, to gather up his papers after they’d flown all over the place. He readjusted the envelope and resigned himself to the awkwardness of empty hands – better than to crease his documents in the...
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