Episode 14: Closed for Business
She went out and closed the door after herself.
The desk clerk was away from the cubbyhole from which he presided over the lobby, and there were no loungers to undress her as she walked toward the door.
Nor was there anyone out in the street. The girl looked north and south. No cars in sight either. No buses waddling up to the curb to spew out passengers.
The girl went five doors north and tried to enter a place called Tim's Hamburger House. As the lock held and the door refused to open, she saw that there were no lights on inside�no one behind the counter. The place was closed.
She walked on down the street followed only by the lonesome sound of her own clicking heels. All the stores were closed. All the lights were out.
All the people were gone.
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Ivar Jorgenson