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Submitted to Contest #75
The man stared at the crumpled sheets of yellowing paper with fiercely glinting eyes, the frown deepening upon his features. That damn bitch found a way to do it again--to make his life a living hell! It was bad enough she was retiring, and now, this. He was being laid off. Effective immediately. The quaint little bookstore on the corner of Fletcher's street was bankrupt. Its doors were closing, its employees terminated, and its manager was retiring. He flung the note aside, raking his fingers through his hair, ...
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