749632- 9. the man in the brown coat

by red jones

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line 4 lit up. a man answered it. proceed. they did not show up. did you wait the full five minutes? yes i did. are you sure? of course i am sure. no need to get testy. proceed with plan 2. acknowledged, line 4 went off. the man who had answered it got up and looked out the window, he was a strange man. and this was the first day of the rest of his life. he put on a brown coat. and a yellow straw hat. even though he hated hats and thought they looked old-fashioned. because he always followed orders. (the man followed orders, not the straw hats) next