{"id":15,"date":"2019-04-25T00:05:12","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T04:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afterhavoc.com\/site\/?p=15"},"modified":"2022-12-28T23:07:54","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T04:07:54","slug":"the-city-that-never-sleeps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afterhavoc.foxgear.net\/site\/index.php\/2019\/04\/25\/the-city-that-never-sleeps\/","title":{"rendered":"The city that never sleeps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/afterhavoc.foxgear.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/close.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1189\" width=\"384\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/afterhavoc.foxgear.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/close.jpg 512w, https:\/\/afterhavoc.foxgear.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/close-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/afterhavoc.foxgear.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/close-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/afterhavoc.foxgear.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/close-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/afterhavoc.foxgear.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/close-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/afterhavoc.foxgear.net\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/close-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>His head pressed against the massive bay window, the cold glass\neased his pain. He gazed down at the specks below, squirming their way in the\nstreets below. Each going in their own meaningless direction. Bumping and\nscraping into one and another. Scurrying underneath the city lights of the city\nthat never sleeps. He grasped the empty whiskey bottle tighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was going to live forever,\u201d he thought as his knuckles went\nwhite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese ants, worthless, despicable creatures will not even care\nthat I am gone,\u201d he muttered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhy must I pay for their ignorance, their failures, for their\nexistence? I was supposed to live forever doctor and you\u2026 You failed me.\u201d He\nsneered as his hostile gaze moved to the blurry reflection in the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His guest sat upright, hands and feet bound with tape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her mouth was taped but her eyes cried out with fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He turns and peered deep into her eyes with hate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will live forever &#8211; and I know what we must do\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Note: This was originally written on my cell phone in the middle of the night when I could not sleep. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His head pressed against the massive bay window, the cold glass eased his pain. 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