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The 13th Floor



"Hey! You cannot just walk in!" almost screamed the nerdy look secretary from behind her archaic typewriter machine....

The sound didn't even go from one ear through the other.... it didn't even reach his ears... the scratchy snobby voice waves were reflected by the anti-secretary waves the control tower in his head generates occasionally, in such circumstances.

So, he just counted the steps to Al Capon luxurious office...
Al, this man with the historical smile that has always kept the guy captivated... for years and years, that smile was the answer to all the questions... the promise for the next day (or few days later)...
But now, Al is away... And our guy can't wait endlessly.
He reaches the luxurious fancy desk... he doesn't like it: he always thought Al could afford a more creative one...
Anyway, this didn't stop him from pulling a chair and sitting there, right in front of the desk... without permission.
Al's chair was facing that large Victorian window, overlooking from the 13th floor a fairy tale's lake; and the height is not an obstacle to Al to enjoy the stories happening down-there: a telescope is set at the chair's height. "Smart... heh" did our man say to himself.
-"Al..."
No answer filled the blank after his call to Al... Is Al ignoring him? He isn't that old, so his ears are still as 20 years ago... Is he ignoring him? No, he never did... well..
-"Al..."
Nothing... our guy started wondering... the new maid who comes everyday to clean the office tells them stories about Al, who never pays attention to her when she's cleaning his desk, and that he keeps on observing the lake... even she never knew what he looks like...
"She can't be right,” was he always telling his friends. "Al is the most receptive guy on earth... He won't ignore anyone!”
But today he knew the maid was right...

He was still taken into his deep thoughts, while the nerdy looking secretary entered the office after him and slapped the door, shouting in her scratchy snobby voice: "I told you can't just step in this office!"

Our guy (I'm thinking to give him a name... let it be "Giorgio")...

Now the story is yours, anyone can suggest an ending? I’m stuck.

Comments

  1. Moe1 December 2013 at 16:29

    Giorgio left the job at the 13th floor few days later, he never found it necessary to tell me the rest of his story. Still no one knows who's Al, but we all know that he's the BIG boss on top of things, on top of other bosses.

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