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Submitted to Contest #163
The chair screeches on the hard floor and clatters over backwards as he reaches over the metal table and takes hold of my throat. I start at the instant flood of adrenaline the sudden sound provokes but it takes a moment or two longer to realise what’s going on: that he’s intending to throttle me.I stare at him, wide eyed. I’d already noted, during the early parts of the interview, his bald head, the ring in one ear, the subtle sneer curled into the thin upper lip, the tattoo of a knife on his neck, and I’d thought how silly to put...
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