A Monster Escapes

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Caleb found himself in an office that was larger than the entirety of his downtown apartment. Its emptiness was striking, as if it somehow belonged to somebody with no identity. A person without a past, without a preference. As if color and decoration had no meaning.

The office was white, so very white, from the walls to the floor to the ceiling. The vastness of this white sea was interrupted only by the black desk centered in the room, as dark as Caleb’s own skin.

He sat there now on an awkward plastic chair as he watched the young girl that had let him in earlier. She couldn’t be a day older than fourteen, Caleb thought as he waited for words that would never come. (‘Let me get my father….’)

The girl sat down in the office chair behind the desk and gave him an eager smile. “I’m glad you could make it on such short notice!” she said.

Caleb nodded as he studied her appearance one more time. He couldn’t be wrong, right? Those big dark eyes. The fine structure of her face. Thin lips and a fragile nose. In all, a delicate face crowned by mid-length blonde hair. This was a child.

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