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Weekly Contest #316
Lovers and LiesBy Mark L Barie Sergey Bogdonovich worked as a laborer on a cargo ship.He rarely spoke to his coworkers. Except for the boss, no one talked to the quiet giant from Moscow. As the largest man on the ship, Sergey stood six and a half feet tall and weighed more than 250 pounds. He wore a permanent five o’clock shadow and sported a four-inch scar on his right cheek. Ship gossip attributed the old wound to Sergey’s previous occupation. The 48-year-old hulk supposedly served with the Russian KGB, a long time ago. Moscow was the home...
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