"Should I knock again?"

The more senior officer nodded.

Three light, albeit harder than before, taps. The senior got annoyed and pushed the junior aside and pounded his fist against the door six times. Then he pressed his right ear against the door.

"There, I hear someone inside," he said. The junior officer...

There wasn't much time left. Soon something would irreversible would happen.

Uneven, deep breaths passed through her. Camilla was looking for his phone number. She had to reach him now. Before Fred arrived at his place. When Fred had left she had seen him concealing his left hand in his jacket....

Lacy stared out the window thinking about what bugged her the most. Soon the kettle would sing and she could make her tea. But until then she was stuck with her thoughts.

Things were strange between Lacy and her boyfriend. He'd been acting strange since he'd gotten out of the coma...

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His views dropped fast. He went from being the #1 watched TikTok influencer to being homeless in two weeks. The man in the nice suit who had been with him through his stardom abandoned him the moment any association with The Blue Man became inconvenient. The man with the nice...

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"Please, let me pay."

"No it is okay. You...

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