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  • What You Don't See
  • The Case of the Disappearing Damsels
  • Tough Love
  • Yahoo Yahoo
  • What You Don't See

    I am your wedding photographer. I see it all.Decadent guests arrive in clusters. Heads turn and take in the grounds, the décor. Women fawn over flowers and dresses. Children fight to break away from grownups’ grips.The deep hum of a cello hushes all chatter. Tuxedo-clad men line the stage, shifting and fidgeting. The groom watches the door and wrings his www.onedoor.cchands.Music crescendos and the audience stands. A confection of white appears, a spray of roses bloom at its center. Chiffon rustles as an angel glides toward a man. Dewy eyes are mesmerized by the ephemeral moment. Hands join and quivering vo...Y9Xone door

    The Case of the Disappearing Damsels

    Harry Krakow was reclining on his bed in the corner of his small, sparsely furnished efficiency in Hell’s Kitchen. In one corner was a hotplate sitting on an end table to heat up soup or canned beans. The room also contained a battered chest of drawers he had found on the street. A cracked mirror hung above it, secured by a single nail in the wall. The only window in the place looked out on an airshaft with trash collecting at the bottom.It was the summer of 1935 and Harry was feeling depressed and at loose ends. He was having trouble finding bookings in the city or along the eastern seaboard ...Y9Xone door

    Tough Love

    This week, on The Lucky Seven! The lovely Veronica goes on seven blind dates with seven different suitors. These lucky bachelors have four hours to wow Veronica with a combination of flare, character, and creativity. We’ve already seen what six of them had to offer and now we are down to our final contestant. Will this be the one? Or has someone else already stolen Veronica’s heart? Let’s find out on this final episode of, The Lucky Seven. “Connor Evans?” I nodded.  “That’s me.” The assistant ushered me out of the studio lobby and led me down the hall to the producer’s office. She sat at her d...Y9Xone door

    Yahoo Yahoo

    It's been fifteen years since I joined the Yahoo Yahoo school. In exchange for a laptop and a place to sleep, we learned how to be online scammers, the most lucrative trade in Western Africa. The Oga, our boss, kept 75% of anything we earned. Crowded into the small rooms were endless rows of young men, some Igbo, some Yoruba, some Hausa, but all of us were Nigerians looking for a way to eat and send money to our families.As a young boy in Ekulu, my mother and I stepped aside on thedirt streets to allow the shiny Mercedes and Range Rovers room to pass. If their windows were slightly rolled down...Y9Xone door

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