I spun in a circle looking for an exit when I noticed other Big Men advancing through the crowd behind me.
Trapped!
My brain screamed at me, which is really less than ideal when you’re desperately trying to come up with a plan of escape on the spur of the moment.
Seconds ticked by. The crowd, oblivious [...]
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Feb
2010
2010
Category: (Ch. 3) Mr. Right Now
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27
Jan
2010
2010
I had two choices.
I could make a blind run for the Bazaar and its promise of escape.
I could make a blind run for Oracle’s place and hope she would help.
Bazaar, no question.
My legs pumped at zig-zagged through unknown streets, dodging people and a jumble of rough-plank kiosks as I went.
I was disoriented, confused, discombobulated, [...]
Category: (Ch. 3) Mr. Right Now
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01
Dec
2009
2009
I had made it out the door and down a rickety set of stairs when Oracle came walking around the side of, what I’ll loosely call, a building. She smiled at me and shoved a steaming cup into my hands, then, urging me to follow, started walking.
She didn’t even bother to ask where I’d been [...]
Category: (Ch. 2) The Shambles
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