The Human
He pursed his lips and looked anywhere but me.
“Why would I tell you that? All I know about you is that your name is Victoria, and you kidnap strangers who try to jump off cliffs,” he said, meeting my gaze matter-of-factly. I sighed, realising that this would be harder than I first intended.
“Well, my name is Victoria Deslandes. I’m a 21-year-old nurse at Newsome Hospital. I live alone, and I have a cat. Now, would you be comfortable trying to talk about it?” He looked at me, then blinked a couple of times. In a second, he doubled over in laughter, as if I told him the funniest joke in the world. It was so contagious that I couldn’t help but smile too. It was beautiful.
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