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PAPERS SHUFFLED IN grip; an ever-updating, constant list of the LATEST; but it wasn’t what she’d chosen to focus on. Gaze extended far beyond the screen; drank in the PRISTINE hotel room ( neither a HOLE in the wall nor EDEN ); the starched sheets, the suitcase that lay open with rows of perfectly folded clothes, and him. Not paying attention, of course; when did men ever? Bent over paperwork and letting her natter on like BACKGROUND NOISE, wasting her time and EFFORT. Delicately, she cleared her throat; gave that VACANT, pearly little smile all news anchors seemed to posses. “You’ll never believe it, but this Thursday, we have a ninety percent chance of a HOMICIDE!” Tone was chipper and clipped; the green screen behind her now illustrating Dallas and Fort Worth as she moved to the side, dusting off her prim suit in the process. “All that pressure is going to keep building up; hot winds coming from the EAST in the form of suits stirred up some dust.” Delicate hands gestured; slowly moving down with the air streams; pretty grin still fixated in place as she winked. “Add that to the cold air coming from Fort Worth, and we’ve got a TWISTER on our hands.”














