Adoon’s Jealousy
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This entry contains material that some people may find disturbing.His strong, coal-black hands crumpling and twisting his faded old hat, the thirty-year-old Adoons said in a quiet but firm voice to his employer, Mr. Waldman, the produce dealer,
“Baas, I’m finishing off at the end of this month.”
The tall, slim, forty-five-year-old bachelor Waldman opened his brown eyes wide in amazement.
“And then, Adoons?”
“Then…
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