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Submitted to Contest #219
OBITUARY: Jason Badier, 51, of Paris, France, ended his life on Thursday, April, 22, 2021. Born to Carole and Benjamin Badier, on March 13, 1970, Jason held both French and American nationalities. After graduating from HEC Paris, he interned with Total in Houston, Texas, where he spent the entirety of his career. Having been recently promoted to COO of the global group, Jason had returned to his native France only two weeks prior to his death. He had the personality and natural charisma to make friends no matter the situation....
Submitted to Contest #218
I felt stickier than gum on the bottom of a shoe and thought wistfully of the chill of air conditioning that I had always enjoyed growing up in the American South. It was unseasonably warm and humid that first Monday of October. The hormonal changes in my body were enough to make me sweat while standing on a glacier so I dreaded my rush-hour commute home after an especially rough start to my week. Stifling the urge to gag like a cat on a hairball, I descended slowly into the bowels of the city. The Paris metro was particularly fetid that day...
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