It was July the fifth and for the past few years, after the institution of state-run higher education, the nation had begun using its youth for popula...tion farming. You only had one class per day, 10 months out of the year with semesters changing about once a month and your education was free but as mandated by law, after class every day, you had an appointment in the basement of the building. This appointment was scheduled in a windowless room where you and a classmate were to meet for as long. He had worked things out and positioned himself perfectly - thus it was not for want of precision that he had messed up the shot and missed completely. The reason Tom Barry had failed in his objective to sink the eight ball was because right at the moment when his right arm was swinging forward with the cue-stick under its command someone had called his name.Someone standing somewhere behind Tom and out of his field of vision had called his name giving him just the tiniest of frights. That tiny. I switched off all the lights except the bathroom one. I sat in my bedroom so that I can see why she told me to keep the door open. After a few minutes, I could hear someone coming through stairs and my heart started beating heavily.Suddenly I saw she is coming through the main door without making a noise. She is coming inside my flat while her husband is asleep. Because of the bathroom light, she saw me inside. She came running and sat on my lap and started kissing me.It was just so strong and. "The room immediately broke into a buzz of conversation and dozens of questions for Matt and Alice, the pair who'd spearheaded the test video and the movie that had starred Jim, Bob, Matt, Monica, Zoey, Sheila, and Alice. Alice also had played director, and Matt the lead cameraman.Matt held his hand up for silence. Everyone quieted down. He pointed at Bob, "Questions?"Bob said, "Before we get into plots and actors, I think we should be unanimous that we want to do this. I don't want someone to.
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