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The office door opens A stunning redhead carries a black suitcase inside She leaves as quickly as she enters Mr Peak opens the suitcase and looks inside Then he walks over to me He drops the suitcase onto my feet

“Open it,” he orders

At last Mr Peak has acknowledged ers will not allowseconds of crying and fu, I finally unlock the suitcase

I open up the case and see a collection of one hundred dollar bills, gold and silver and diamonds There must be fifty million dollars of wealth in this suitcase “That’s yours Payment for services rendered You can walk out of that door and out ofas you shall live,” Mr Peak tells me

This is it This suitcase is the end to all of my troubles This is the end to all of my worries I could move to Hawaii I could buy a little place on the beach and enjoy thousands of sunsets without fear of losing everything

But ill I have insuitcase full of stuff Yes, the stuff would buy me a lifetime of leisure But what about a lifeti, a lifetime of adventure? I would be married to this suitcase - till death or insolvency do us part

I look at the large s Then I presswithout Mr Peak I close the suitcase and begin sla?!” my boss yells

I don’t answer I struggle to lift up the suitcase I slaain “I don’t want to fking live without you! I fking don’t need thisto ht

A small crack appears I lean back and slalass Shards of the ten footrain down around ainstis a blur for a e of the Manhattan streets hundreds of feet below

In thatto die There is no fear in my body There is only release and relief You can not be part of so that doesn’t want you Even with all the wealth you need, one can never function with thatpiece in your heart and in your soul You can try to fill that old and homes and all the cars you can buy, but that hole will never be filled

I watch the suitcase fly away froold and silver spill out into the air Ti reflection of the precious ht into my eyes It blinds me