A Story In
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I scramble the room for the file. Many lives depend on the information, including mine. When I accepted this job, I knew the risks involved and didn’t care. Now I just want to go back to my life.
Where is it? I search the desk drawer and every cabinet, but nothing. Major Thompson may be wrong. I swear quietly. It is not here.
Outside the sirens roar and car doors slam. Yelling soon follows.
I slip out onto the ledge and wait for their destruction to end before entering the room again.
The Nazi’s didn’t catch me. Not this time.
From Guest Contributor Lisa M. Scuderi-Burkimsher
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