In the Darkness of City Blocks
He didn't like hearing beeps when the conversation ended.
The buzz around him did nothing to distract Conrod, who had returned to work. Colleagues bustled around, talking to each other. Everyone was doing something, someone was receiving a fax, someone was talking on the phone, someone was running around with papers, a vulgar anecdote was loudly told in the distance. Together, everything merged into a single monotonous rumble. Conrod always did his job ahead of schedule, so he had a lot of free time at work. Conrod considered it luck, his colleagues professionalism. He could have long ago become the head of the department in which he worked, and then, a few years later, rise to the top of th
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