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Short Story On Booths

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What do you do when you hear something you weren’t meant to hear and they know you heard it? The chattering of the other people in the restaurant made John feel anxious because he was sitting alone in a booth which was pretty much isolated from the rest of the diner. The doors flung open and silence over took the restaurant. Two men walked in, they were dressed in what looked to be newly bought suits. They made their way to the counter and asked for a quiet booth. People watched them as they moved menacingly with purpose and strength, they looked menacing. John had been sitting quietly alone in a booth and the waiter had completely forgotten about him, this led to the two men in suits being placed in a booth behind him. The men were settled …show more content…

The men in the booth behind him started to talk after they had received their drinks. John was having a hard time trying not to listen in on the conversation that the two men were having. He was drifting in and out the conversation and some of the things he heard were unusual. One mentioned something about some sort of chemicals and blowing everything up. John knew he had to report what he had just heard, and he also knew that thousands of lives depended on it. Now John had to decide on whether or not to get up and leave his booth risking being noticed by these men. He had made his decision, John had to leave. He slinked out of the safety of his seat and carefully made his way past the two menacing men. “HEY!” yelled one of the men. They had just realised where John had come from. They scrambled out of their booth and chased him out of the restaurant and down the street. John ran as fast as a cheetah chasing its prey, terror gripped him like a vice. He could hear the two men getting closer, their rasping breathing was just behind him. He had to think quickly, how could he elude them? He nearly slipped over as he turned a corner. John felt like he just died inside because he now faced a dead end. He ran down the alley way looking desperately for somewhere to hide, but there was nothing. The two men grabbed him and threw him up against a wall, one of the men whispered in his ear, “No eves dropping,” before hitting him over and over. John could feel his vison fading as he sponged punches but stayed

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