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lmly knock on the vague but mountai

unded like hurried arrangements emanated from behind the door, it slowly creaked open, but the figure behind

f those words, a spine-chilling flow of blood seemed to coarse through the veins of both men. The door hurriedly closed, and bef

avail. "Fuck." He turned around, backing the door, picked up the slip of paper in his purple jacket,

k eye to eye with a voice he seemed to temporarily remember, but his moves were immediately halted by the cock of a gun, and chilling f

ed shakily. "I can forget a fac

g ans

ou have no reason whatsoever to spare my life right

ching hell would

f hesitation, he spoke u

ng emotion for what seemed like a number of min

the dark voice

s gaze on the murky character with a gun in hand, he came to one sho

and allowed the brisk morning sun to do its job of brightening up

voice he said, "This

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you know, smart people stuff, they're all just words on paper. Until they become the inevitabl

st everyone in the town of Exasthen was invited to the funeral reception of Mr. David Lautner, rich and poor alike. At first glance it seemed to be a social gathering

said a smartly dressed female figure ju

nother not so spunky

ing towards the stage set up in the middle of the room with a glass of wine in hand. "He was a father, a husband, but above all, a...", the tears forming in eyes temporarily incapacitated her, "a good sou

he entire r

their condolences, or exchanging warm pleasantries. Up until, "My sincere Condolen

him way deeper than the nebulous attire he had on. His eyes were chiseled black she

e said, jolting her ba

was soaked in curiosity. "Have, Have I

back to his hand that had been stretched out for quite

, she said shaking him, "Yo

s can be d

at was definitely not the first meeting between the two. Squinting her eyes, she said in cat-like curiosity, "Who are you?" His facial expression quickly turned from unreasonable grinn

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he disap

appeared Mrs. Lautner, h

's inexplicable death, which by the way, none of you have been able to figure out...", she said pointing to him and the trembling female officer sitti

wrong Mrs. Lautn

if to tame what she would say next, forcing herself to speak calmer and continued, "You will bring him in for questioning and

sk beside him and then mumbled in irritation, "would

did yo

ke", he said louder

he ha

female officer behind him said standing up from h

Ma'am? We

meted back into her seat and slowly raised her eyes to meet hi

description because I, I kno

n disappeared. Right?", he walked closer to her desk, slowly putting his hands on the

ruptly getting up from the chair, she faced the window behind her, crossing her hands behind her back and said, "

at?

a sarcastic smile. First, some "guy", she said gesturing with her fingers, "shows up at my late husband's reception, and no

'm going to have to ask you to leave now. We've heard your story and we won't hesitate to g

rs. Lautner ca

u kicki

or we're going to have to continue this conversation f

now Jones, and you to Shelby", she said picking her brown, buffed handbag from the chair a couple feet in front of her. "But I'll be back,

ck and a har-", fully turned back, he realized Shelby, wasn't there. "Ma'am. Ma'am", he said, frantic

hrough the window, and saw her frail, fragile figure running to the parking lot, a stone's throw