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Weekly Contest #347
(Content Warning: Strong Language)Part IWithout a farewell or so much as a glance back, Mr. Reed rings for the elevator at four o’clock on a Monday afternoon. The ping and sliding of the doors go unnoticed by the rest of the office as they cheer “Happy Birthday!” to Ruth Anethal, a woman nearly one hundred years old (she is now 97), who manages accounts payable. Mr. Reed rolls his eyes, wishes she’d die already, and presses L for the lobby. It isn’t that he particularly despises the old woman, no, he just simply doesn’t care anymore. The doo...
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