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Always watching
I was happy to be out of the limelight. I enjoyed my work at the firm. Being an archivist suited me, keeping files in order and researching for the partners upstairs. It was the perfect work for an introvert. I worked in the basement of a 1940s art deco building. Exposed brickwork, the old pendant…
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Serendipity
Life doesn’t always follow the script. The best moments are often those that come out of the blue, striking like a lightning bolt and taking us completely by surprise. It was a typical peak hour in the subway. Platforms burgeoning with patrons on their way home, after the daily migration into the towering skyscrapers that…
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Country roads
Making the long trek up the highway to the farm was an adventure, and one we all looked forward to. We pass through many quaint little country towns along the way, each with their grand masonic halls and ornate church buildings, now overgrown and neglected. The once thriving populations of these small communities, now resigned…
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Into the fold
I vowed never to return to this place that had caused me so much angst and at the time I truly meant what I had said. We’d had our clashes as families often do, but that night was different. Nothing could’ve ever prepared me for those words. Words can cut you to your core, creating…
Roads less travelled 