The Man in My Basement

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“Mr. Blakey?” the small white man asked.

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I had answered the door expecting big Clarance May-15

hew and his cousin Ricky. The three of us had a standing 16

date to play cards on Thursday nights. I was surprised even 17

to hear the doorbell because it was too early for my friends 18

to have made it home from work and neither one of them 19

would have rung the bell anyway. We’d been friends since 20

childhood, since my grandparents owned the house.

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