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I knew something serious had happened when I saw the empty chair. It had not been empty at 7:42 AM for any of the last 813 mornings. I didn’t know the man’s name, but maybe it was finally time to stop and see what was going on and what had happened. I just hoped I wasn’t too late to help. Twenty minutes later, I got back into my car, dumbfounded. No one knew who was I talking about. There was no man sitting alone in a chair. Much less one who had been sitting alone for over two years.
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Sounds like she will have to start searching within for the missing man.
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By: msjadeli on April 13, 2022
at 9:22 pm
Intriguing puzzle. Could be a setup for a longer story
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By: neilmacdon on April 14, 2022
at 3:01 am
Not everyone sees the same ghost, he might be there tomorrow.
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By: James McEwan on April 14, 2022
at 3:48 am
If that was me I’d be a little worried, seeing someone nobody else sees!
Here’s mine!
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By: Keith's Ramblings on April 14, 2022
at 9:05 am
Mysterious, does it point to perhaps something in their own head?
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By: Iain Kelly on April 14, 2022
at 9:34 am
I am hoping he will appear somewhere soon.
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By: Frank Hubeny on April 14, 2022
at 2:50 pm
Oh now that is a difficult thing to explain. Well done.
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By: Bill on April 17, 2022
at 12:31 pm
That’s an intriguing twist. I like how your exact time and day count in the first paragraph gives the feeling that she’s very purposeful in her observations of the man in the chair, but then – nope – it goes in another direction. I’m still pondering why she is focusing on such details.
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By: Margaret on April 17, 2022
at 7:05 pm