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Friday, May 19, 2023

hit


by horace p sternwall



and then it hit him.

holliday.

jarvis had mentioned holliday.

but what did jarvis know about holliday and how did he know it.

he got back in the car and headed back to the island.

jarvis was right where he left him, with his fist in a bag of popcorn.

forget something? jarvis asked.

no, but you did?

and what was that?

holliday.

who?

you were not supposed to know about holliday.

what are you talking about?

it’s a little late now for the innocent act. you only get one mistake in this game, and you made it.

what the - put that thing away..

i am going to put one thing away - you.

after all we have been through together?

i should have known - how did we ever get together, anyway?

sheila.

sheila’s been gone for a long time.

now you can get together - it will be like old times

no __________

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he had done it.

he had survived,

he had won.

he was the last man left on earth.



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