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- He had promised himself he would wait ten times that, but then escaped in a job whose description itself proved she had been right to leave.6:39 PM Apr 21st, 2008 from web
- Jackson reminded himself again that he really should put it away before people asked where the cat was. How long had it been now, 14 months?8:57 PM Jan 1st, 2008 from web
- He hurried to grab his bag and tripped over something as he tried to leave the kitchen. Looking down, he saw the knocked over cat food bowl.11:17 PM Dec 31st, 2007 from web
- Jackson hooked the phone back to the wall and reached over to finally turn off the stove, his hand shaking. The desire for tea had left him.7:37 PM Dec 30th, 2007 from web
- Then Jackson heard the man laugh. "Not that I expect you to. For someone without any friends you were surprisingly difficult to track down."8:05 PM Dec 29th, 2007 from web
- "Be at the 1400 block of Third Street in an hour. Bring your work laptop and badge. I will have you followed so don't make any other stops."8:25 PM Dec 28th, 2007 from web
- His head hurt and his ears were ringing. Suddenly he realized the kettle was still whistling, screeching now and no longer background noise.8:25 PM Dec 27th, 2007 from web
- Hired and then, just today, let go. On the walk home Jackson had not yet settled on what to do next, and now this. He could not concentrate.8:10 PM Dec 26th, 2007 from web
- "What do you want?" Jackson said, accepting that this call was more than chance. Only Stan should know about the events before he was hired.8:09 PM Dec 25th, 2007 from web
- More anger then. "Years gone because of your precious insight. Well, that is the past. I have something new in mind, and you're part of it."9:32 PM Dec 24th, 2007 from web
- Jackson could hear a passion in the other's voice that scared him. "I was your terrorist, Jack, your fateful discovery. And you interfered."12:30 PM Dec 23rd, 2007 from web
- "Because I know how you got your job. I was the one you stopped, and since that day I realized how much stronger I could be with your help."12:59 PM Dec 22nd, 2007 from web
- "You're lying," Jackson said. He decided to leave out that he had not seen Amy in well over a year. "Why should I believe anything you say?"5:10 PM Dec 21st, 2007 from web
- This man, whoever he was, only had pieces of the story, and to Jackson that brought a little comfort to what was proving to be a tiring day.2:54 PM Dec 20th, 2007 from web
- Someone was playing games with him, digging through his life. It surprised Jackson to hear Amy's name from a stranger, but it was revealing.6:30 PM Dec 19th, 2007 from web
- "I have Amy, you idiot." At those words Jackson froze. Where earlier in the day he had walked as if in a daze, now his whole body was alert.2:48 PM Dec 18th, 2007 from web
- "Need? I don't need anything. Look, keep the phone," he said, frustrated. "I'm hanging up," Jackson started, but he was interrupted quickly.8:40 PM Dec 17th, 2007 from web
- "I need something from you, some information from your office. So it's only natural that you need something from me. We can do an exchange."4:12 PM Dec 16th, 2007 from web
- "Who?" Jackson said. "Who did you call?" He started to work out in his head how to track this man down, how to get his phone. "Who are you?"11:59 AM Dec 15th, 2007 from web
- So it was with Jackson. He suppressed a rising fear and asked the question, even though he knew there were only four people in his contacts.12:47 PM Dec 14th, 2007 from web
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- Name Story 140
- Location Austin, TX
- Web http://www.story1...
- Bio A short story in exactly 140 characters a day for 140 days.
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