CoralineThe person turned as if spooked and I confirmed that it was indeed Marcus.“What are you doing here?” I stepped closer in confusion. He looked a little rough, nothing like the always properly dressed and put-together guy I had known him as before.“Was looking for you,” he answered, and his voice also sounded slightly different, deeper somehow. “Followed the trail of your IG highlights and it led me here.”“Well, now you’ve found me. What do you want?”He took a step forward into the light of a nearby street lamp and he was suddenly brought into sharp focus. He looked terrible.His hair was unkempt, his clothes weren’t ironed, his skin was pale and haggard-looking.But worst of all were his eyes. They were rimmed with red, bloodshot, and it was either he had been recently crying or he was high as a kite.“I want you to bring it all back.”He wasn’t making any sense. “Bring what back?”He took another step closer and something about it felt threatening. “My job. My girlfriend.
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