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RE: STACH Short Story Contest #27: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SB prize pool!
How to clarify without darkening?
In the office we are all surprised with the change that Lionel has experienced in recent weeks. Of the affable young man who used to welcome us with a smile and invited us to live each day giving the best of each one, there is nothing left.
Now, as always, he does his job excellently with great quality and on time, but practically, he has isolated himself from everyone and everything.
Mary, her closest collaborator, decided to approach him today in the early morning, telling him bluntly.
Lionel, what's wrong with you? You no longer share with us, you do not even accompany us to drink coffee, do you have any problems? Did we do something that made you angry?
He stared at her friend's eyes, answering:
Mary I am living the best moment of my life. I appreciate your concern and that of everyone. I appreciate you, honestly.
After saying this he got up from his seat in the office and left the building, on the way to the dock where he had spent so many hours as a child with his maternal grandfather, took the old rowboat and went to sea while he thought:
How to clarify without darkening?
