"The Assassin".

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Patrick Carroll

 “The Assassin”

He waits, prowling and smoking a cigarette in the gloomy room.  The house is deserted apart from rodents scuttling along the grimy skirting boards.  A tarnished car passes the house yet he is focused on one thing, the accommodation across the street.  The street is watery.  The strong rain assaulting down like the bullets from a machine gun.  This does not disconcert him as he raises his rifle stirring down the sight with his cold grey eyes, looking at the apartment again.

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The apartment is vivid in bright daylight.  However due to the rain it becomes dull in colour.  A car is parked in the drive.  It is covered by leaves due to the tall tree rising above it like a giant.  The grass is soggy and soft. It is almost impossible to walk on.  The buildings neighboring the apartment are also dark and dingy which gives the whole street a depressing and abandoned feeling, but it doesn’t depress the cold heart of the assassin.  

The assassin becomes attracted to a burgundy car.  It propels up the drive passing ...

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