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air I sat. I had called Aleema's number for the sixteenth time with no response from her, I got tired and decided to drop messag

y breath out, "where are

mber. "Hello! I'm sorry I didn't---h

t you picking up--- you're having me worried. Please

call at any moment, but there was nothing. I went to the fridge to have mys

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ty in that dress gir

sked me the question. "Noo, I'm not."

I can get you into a mod

. "You look like

at me with her slim lips w

What happened?" She looked at me like she was staring into my so

ment." She said, leadi

the apartment, s

do you car

l I care about women

a to meet them. She and I eventually starte

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picked my phone which was now on the floor. "Shit." The time on it was nine. I stood up to

but I immediately cut before it directed to voicemail. "I ho

- vmmmmm

icked, hoping it'll be Aleema. "Hello

et Marcus. "You?" I said when I saw the waite

looking at me

see you for a sec

hh--OK I'm coming." H

y friend---can you remember?" I asked bringing out my phone and showing him a pi

that white bearded man. She wore uhh--a blu

I said with joy as I held

ugh she did seem drowsy, but I know

ank you!" I gave him a tip t

e didn't drink, so how come? I became even more troubled and began to fear the worst. Maybe my friend w

red voice mail. I was sure something was wrong by this time. Aleema would nev

d walking into the bathroom to sh

ry. Why? Why do people I'm close to leave me in the most tragic

a is al

US

w part of that life had come to haunt me again. I stood up from my chair in my kitchen to my work desk at home. I rememb

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I stood up to dance in the crowd and then went back to have my drink, for the first three nights, this was my life. My

b, I was sober, even with all the song

said when he

Aiden!" I said with

onfused, "you must have me

in you. Go!" I stood up to

ost tripped but a hand

where you're going

led, "I'm just so d

you can get ho

isn't far from h

aid releasing her s

on the ground floor of the hotel, then I pumped i

orry."

lf. "No problem." I said. Her curves and pretty f

king back, "do you re

Have we met

you almost fell and I happened

eahh," I smiled, "I do. I'm so sorry I-

le nervously. "I'm Clara." She said st

ling, stretching my

o this is the hotel you'

ah i

tting her hand in a purse and bringing out a card, "

collect the card. "Sure,

mon. We went to parties, got drunk, and went to our rooms. It was so for the two weeks I came, until she told me she was on break fr

ng." I said wh

ing." She said as she

really fast, I didn't kn

ed and chuckled, "I'

too." I said t

lways so beautiful. "Bye." S

th my palms. I realized I was shaking when she left. I wanted

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p my phone to look at pictures Aleema and I to

dream

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creamed at the elderly wom

ng alone?" A fair complexione

--okay." The same fair complexione

g. "I miss you my friend.

I said trying to hold her

ma say so I turned back and saw her tal

hugging her but she disappeared, after which I woke up from my dream. I

ten in the night, when I got to be building, I sat on the staircase waiting to see if she'd come. Then suddenly my phone rang, I looked at the screen to see who it was

rom Yusuf which read: "Hey I've been calling my sis throughout today and she hasn't picked up, then I call you a

of distress. "I'll