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2022-02-15 10:09:29"Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act according with the dictates of reason."
-Oscar Wilde-
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“Dammit! How did things turn out this way?” Aaron asked to himself, panting as he was running away from the people who wanted to end his life. He quickly tried to find a place to hide.
On the corner of his eyes, he spotted an empty warehouse and dashed his way there. He quickly got in and shut the door as soon as possible and hid himself behind a stack of boxes. From where he was sitting, he could hear the sound of the men outside chasing him.
They did not seem to notice that he had gotten into the warehouse and slowly, the sounds of their footsteps became further away. Once he was sure that they were no longer chasing him. He took a deep breath and cursed underneath his breath.
“Where did things go wrong?” He questioned mentally. After that fateful night whe
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