Tag: assassination
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THE BRIDGE BETWEEN LOVE AND DEATH
The bridge at dusk. A romantic affair, a couple joined arm-in-arm, leaning against the side wall, exchanging stolen kisses and private smiles. How she longed for that to be her life. Instead she waited for her contact. Five minutes past the hour. They were late. How long before she aborted? The couple resumed their evening…
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IMAGINE
‘Imagine all the people, sharing all the world,’ sang John Lennon. And they shot him. ‘I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character,’ ministered the Reverend Martin Luther…
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AFTERMATH
Pale skin made her standout. Too many heads turned in her direction. Assassinations make people suspicious. Years of civil war did that to a country. The heat was heavy and oppressive. The hotel, a ramshackle construction of tin roofs and wooden struts, teetering on collapse. The receptionist, red lips and false eyelashes, eyed her as…