As the afternoon settles in, Mitch (as we will now call him) turns on the television, and begins flipping through the channels. After a few minutes of boredom, he turns the television off and picks up the latest issue of Rolling Stone. As he begins to read, his thoughts focus on the flashes from the previous night. The wooden clock on the wall ticks silently in the background. As images flash into his head, he is snapped out of his thoughts by the ringing of his telephone. When he answers the phone and says hello, he hears heavy breathing on the other end. "Hello?" Mitch says out loud into the phone. But there is no answer, only the continuation of breathing, followed by a click. With his heart racing, panic sets in, and suddenly he feels ill. "Exactly what happened last night?" he wonders as he sets the phone down on the coffee table. Instantly, another image flashes into his head. To be continued........
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