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The Crime-The Next Night

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By Mark GrahamPublished 6 months ago 1 min read
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When doing my rounds sweeping the hallways I noticed that the locker was still open. I approached the locker as I was headed up the hall sweeping. I peeked in the locker, but there was nothing in it, but why then was it open two nights in a row? At that moment I felt a cold draft surround me, then a whisper. "Just want to keep you company while you clean for you do such a good job and you seem a little lonely." I continued down the hallway to finish up before I check classrooms for trash. Moving on....

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Mark Graham

I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.

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  • Andrea Corwin 6 months ago

    Oh, a little creepiness is happening!

  • Marie381Uk 6 months ago

    I too would run and never gone back🤔😊🖊️🏆🏆🏆

  • Caitlin Charlton6 months ago

    I would've just left the broom or sweeper and ran. That thing, whatever it was, sounded creepy. But the braveness that I see here would've never been mine to display. I like that we get a bit of reveal through each one of these drabble. 👌🏾❤️

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