Creative writing - I got out of my car and I immediately felt the cool, brisk, autumn wind pounding at my face.

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        I got out of my car and I immediately felt the cool, brisk, autumn wind pounding at my face. As I battled my way towards the entrance, my cheeks and ears were slowly turning pink and beginning to feel a little numb. This was an immense thirty-six-story building, fronted with tall glass doors, which loomed in front of me; I pushed open the doors, took out my pass and slotted it into the scanner. There was a moment’s pause before a green light appeared followed by an audible beep.

“Good morning Mr. Glendinning,” said the security guard. The guard was a beast of a man, 6ft.5” tall, looked capable of going twelve rounds with Mike Tyson and surviving, but he was a very nice man (if he liked you of course).

“Morning Kiefer, has Mr. Feldman gone up yet?”

“Yes Sir”

“Thanks Kiefer, keep up the good work”

        I headed into the lift and pressed the button marked fifteenth floor. The lift was quite quick to reach its destination, this was a solo ride without any floor stops, there wasn’t may people around at        7-30am in the morning. This was a big case for me and I knew it, I exited the lift and continued towards Mr. Feldman’s office. Through the window I could see him sitting at his desk looking on resolutely, I knocked and he signalled me into his office. Upon closing the door, Mr. Feldman opened a filing cabinet and pulled out a large brown file, passing it across the table to me.

“What’s this?” I said

“Take a look and see for yourself”

        I carefully looked through the file and suddenly realised that this was the murder case I had been working on more than a year earlier.

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“Why have you shown me this file sir?”

“Well do you remember the way all the victims were murdered?”

“Of course, they were all knocked unconscious and then taken to an attic or cellar where the murderer then proceeded to hang, draw and quarter them. I can still vividly remember seeing one of the victims body’s, or should I say what was left of it, it was disgusting, and the smell was foul. So why are you showing me this now?”

“Well, despite finding that mans body together with a suicide note confessing to all the murders, it now seems ...

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