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Glass

He was the man I was looking for. Dark-skinned, eyes closed by the sun, but still as observant as an eagle's.
As I looked through the piece of glass at the person on the other side, I remember thinking "This man is gonna change my life, and I am gonna change his if he will let me".
Was he a concert pianist, a biologist, a Grammar teacher, or a murderer? All I knew was this was the person I had been programmed to find for over 10 years.
Was he married or divorced, and did he have any kids?
All of these questions raced through my mind as I prepared to meet him.
I gazed through the glass that separated us, I wiped the sweat from my brow, steadied my breathing and squeezed the trigger, forever changing both of our lives forever.

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