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Chapter 45 - Shane
I look down on at my phone as I end another phone call to my girlfriend, which once again goes unanswered again.
Why won’t she pick up her phone or reply to my messages? I still don’t understand what I’ve done wrong.
With my phone still in my hand, I let my hand drop to my side as I look out across the city landscape. The air lightly blowing past me, ruffling my hair as storm clouds dot the horizon.
I have another story to write, but I can’t get my mind to think straight. For the first time since taking my job at The Glassbrook Times, I have asked for someone else to take the story and for a few days off.
The building storm in the distance is almost a perfect metaphor for my life right now. I’m standing off in the distance watching the clouds build and expand, while I’m helpless to do anything or to protect anyone in the path.
I take a deep breath as my mind continues to wonder what could be happening
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