[Illustration 13] In the cold white morning light, an open hand holds an old brass token. A crescent moon, several stars and the Roman numeral VII are carved on its front, while the hotel’s name and the date 23.08.1926 run around its edge. Beside it, a phone displays: UNKNOWN NUMBER · VOICE MESSAGE · 03:26. The messy bed in the background is slightly out of focus.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzi0fLrj9hF
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“Ryan?”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWnLJcScEs
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Oliver’s voice came through the phone again.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhVjBxfrqm
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“Are you still there?”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYP58C3ZH2
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Ryan stared at the shoe without moving.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhINV6ItoUs
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“…Yes.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWuPtWz3UU7
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“Then get up!”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnhnq9B73i
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Ryan ended the call.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9ngw2w5ra
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It was only a dream.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oAzUvB4yj
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That was what he told himself.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf8wVU98Wt
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A very long, very realistic dream—with some extremely strange taste in interior design.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlLTVNmYYS
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But his own pair of white sports shoes were still sitting beside the bedroom door.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLRRViDnt8
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Both of them.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yXbCqY0K1
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Ryan looked down again.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4wn4AuUwA
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The black leather shoe was still on his left foot.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhvSJMVKCh
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He wasn’t seeing things.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGJ7Tqtsk3
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And he had not somehow put on one of his own shoes in his sleep.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1UVPPxjzG
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That shoe had never belonged to him.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKK7jIbnwuB
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A dull pain in his left palm made him realise that his hand had been closed tightly ever since he woke up.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1a0AVciYC
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Slowly, Ryan opened his fingers.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0FHkeOVT7
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An old brass token lay in his palm.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnC6wnzfPff
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Its edges were worn down, and dark marks from age remained across its surface. On the front was a crescent moon, with a Roman numeral carved beneath it—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUeJoUBULr
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VII.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcs93NRxPb
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Around the edge were the name of the hotel and a date:37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SGES50a7q
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RED MOON HOTEL · 23.08.192637Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3hxEjyOJ7O
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He turned it over.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyo2r9ZaiL7
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The back showed an old sunburst crest.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1HTX57YCWa
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The room suddenly felt much quieter.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUNIjZZpVY
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Ryan looked at his phone.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogov6WTrnR
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The screen lit up again at that exact moment.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JdulMva0w
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UNKNOWN NUMBER37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn5qMf2qSC0
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03:26 A.M.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlkLJjieOt
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ONE VOICE MESSAGE37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuSu41DuJoS
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Ryan hesitated before pressing play.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAZ91Hp15h
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A soft crackle came from the speaker.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Go5n6CbRG
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At first, there was nothing else.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sBdFfTMW6
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Then someone began making the sound of a badly played saxophone with their mouth.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcKH3Fpa74
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Ryan instinctively touched his ear.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSVBf6w8BY
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No blood.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAhHh5Eaue
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Good. His hearing was probably still safe.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBfqdCZ27M
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A few seconds later, the terrible saxophone stopped.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkoAFutNsL
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From somewhere beneath the static came a familiar voice.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAm0hwVJRBD
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Young and calm, still so polite that it almost sounded distant.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YBURHj5hR
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“Mr. Glenz.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ikA8iKkg4
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A short pause.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH5r75VWJyj
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“You left your other shoe on the seventh floor.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTUsYg9xWg
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Ryan looked down at the black leather shoe on his left foot.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTJxBMUqAe
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“I’ll keep it safe for you.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqk9EYDRAA
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A faint sound of metal scraping came through the static.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNY93oVt5KX
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It sounded like a brass lattice gate slowly closing somewhere very far away.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8yil3FASF
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Julien seemed to move away from the receiver.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYvseP2Moh
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Or perhaps he was only deciding whether he should say one more thing.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBmliBnvfw
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At last, his voice came closer again.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqttCz4GAs
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It was a little softer this time.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAY40d23JER
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“There’s no need to hurry back here.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsTQxDzAV5
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The message ended.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBEouFSxEW
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The phone screen went dark.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBSgC7tVBG
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Ryan did not move.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHM6GZNgM7
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At the foot of the bed, Garfield finally lost his patience.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKIl4ecZfQ
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“Meow.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7MSgQHyd8
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Ryan looked at the brass token in his palm, then at the black leather shoe that did not belong to him.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIzf2JMI3z
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He played the message again.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBqHD1MGAH
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This time, he did not try to tell himself that it had only been a dream.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrtVDAgtTiS
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When the message ended, Ryan opened the notes app on his phone.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwI1aacsw3W
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He stared at the empty page for a long time before slowly typing a name:37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjsIdq7Oeq5
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Julien Moreau.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20vnLABdop
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His finger hovered over the screen for a moment.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9j0I0lzVP
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Then he pressed save.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDEjwZd6q0
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At least this time, he was not going to let that name remain trapped inside a dream forever.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznpStAk837
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The digital clock beside the bed quietly changed.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDU7dGQt8Eg
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Time had started moving again.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFEX6ILXxlq
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“Damn it! I’m going to be late…”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtzGP30CKn
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Ryan finally remembered that he had a proposal meeting at nine.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWx8AE5iX1
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He jumped out of bed and nearly tripped over the black leather shoe.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2CAfDtE19
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Garfield followed him into the kitchen, then sat neatly beside the doorway and looked up at him.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOCaa6ghpY
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Those large, round eyes were so innocent that they were almost insulting—as though some other “cat” had sneaked into the kitchen during the night, bitten through the packaging and swallowed the entire premium steak.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ENeUT1RUX
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Ryan stared at the empty plastic wrapper on the floor.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8FfXp3vx7
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“Seriously? You didn’t even leave a drop of juice on the plate?37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT57B7PDRFL
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Garfield blinked slowly.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQwzUAHGyO
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He showed no regret. None at all. If anything, he looked rather proud of himself for finding his own breakfast while Ryan was “away”.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8CpuKR4sRt
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As Ryan bent down to pick up the wrapper, Garfield jumped onto the cabinet and knocked straight into the pair of black-and-white decorative porcelain swans displayed beside it.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hEdjvbcGp
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“Hey!”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNB7Tnpr1WW
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Ryan rushed over.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsP0zjWps2L
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But when he looked down, only the black swan lay on the floor.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkiNiUAZO5M
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The white one was gone.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIvEVK6ca4J
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He searched under the cabinet and the sofa, then checked every shelf.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DV55QlDyi
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Nothing.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQUDAKCuam
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He even looked behind the rubbish bin—and then inside it.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29CXQLMOue
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Still nothing.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfwqNrdYnH
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There were no broken pieces anywhere. The white porcelain swan had simply vanished.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡferaC0oV3A
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Only the black one remained in his hand.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dLeHxpWoV
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Ryan looked at it silently.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOJFe2sYW7
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He remembered the white porcelain swan he had packed into his suitcase before leaving Room 626.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzNaPOyUtfm
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His phone rang again. Oliver.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGr5qBCa1an
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Ryan answered while still holding the black swan.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRPdfRtWXo
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“What?”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyy9YVHo7B
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“I’m checking whether you’re alive.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KrPAp1zR1
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“I’m awake.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPne5vBzQe
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“Good. Because you sounded strange just now.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBAPmvXGUZX
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“I had a weird dream.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCMd7y86KS
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“A weird dream?” Oliver repeated. “Don’t tell me that cancelling your trip because of work—and not getting to stay at the hotel you booked—was enough to send you over the edge.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrLXEar19e
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Ryan stopped.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6wKFo6iN9
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“The hotel?”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRlU0UvGI3
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“Yes, the hotel. What was it called again? You fell asleep halfway through telling me last night, so I didn’t hear the name.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVKW5VUnus
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Ryan slowly looked towards the brass token lying on his bed.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhNqLsIoAP
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For a moment, he could not answer.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHNB10QfkY
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“Ryan?”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUkpqtF765
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“I don’t remember.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPMzbWoP3P
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“You booked it, and you don’t remember?”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAekBIxBOC
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“I’m hanging up.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBV3gRlF4y7
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“Wait—”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyK7HN24IFo
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Ryan ended the call.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7sIuVGcUNq
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He stood in the kitchen, surrounded by cold morning light, holding a black porcelain swan in one hand.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7GS5ANzg2
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Behind him, Garfield quietly began walking away from the scene of the crime.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJYEoxtcqP
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Ryan turned his head.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN697YXWyZg
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“Don’t even think about it.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLD5i5A4InN
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Garfield immediately ran.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHtvw1QTMD
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Half an hour later, Ryan rushed out of the apartment so quickly that he nearly fell down the stairs.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJt31ieHhH
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He had left the black leather shoe in his room.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9e07k2iHK
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For some reason, however, he had slipped the brass token into his jacket pocket.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4S4bIvG37
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He ran all the way to the main road.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEpYbdLOh9
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As he turned the corner at the crossing, his shoulder brushed against a man coming from the opposite direction.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRv7iwKr2zo
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“Sorry—I’m in a rush!”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmmqACx4qL
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Ryan called out the apology without stopping.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjHK5kI8cv
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He hurried across the road with the crowd and quickly disappeared among them.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡarl64P0Q3B
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The man stopped.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jWot0iDnR
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His baseball cap was pulled low, hiding his eyes in shadow.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcJ4i9O8As
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A light blue shirt hung open over a plain white T-shirt, matched with cream-coloured trousers.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCzzjUjhBc
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There was nothing unusual about his clothes. In a crowd like this, hardly anyone would have looked at him twice.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwW0mcmzLp
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He turned his head slightly and watched Ryan’s figure move farther away.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjz0xdU43p
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After a moment, the man raised one hand and slowly smoothed out a crease on his other sleeve.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv91cpFLHxJ
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There was no crease there.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqg6iPzl1Kz
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A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2bVxMWFTR
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“…Your other shoe will be returned to you later, Mr. Glenz.”37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3UkpZFZaCT
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His voice disappeared into the noise of the morning crowd.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyRUIozDUS
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No one heard him.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJY2p7UkURp
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At that exact moment, the pedestrian signal gave a clear—37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ30WBN1199K
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Ding.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZt8vEbgPn8
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The crowd began moving across the road again.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvXtt2RgcP
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When the other side of the street came into view, the light blue figure had already disappeared into the crowd.37Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0LEaW5F8N
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