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William Brantley's Short Story

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“How was the war?” “Bloody, painful, and extremely horrific.” “So same as usual. Did you fight for U.S. or Britain?” I said. Brantley was born in England, but he came to the U. S. when he was young so he had dual citizenship and a heavy British accent. “I fought with the Americans on this war,”he said with a sigh. “So do you miss the war?” “No, of course not that would crazy,” he said staring at the ground. Then he mumbled, “Okay maybe a little.” I smiled and said, “There is nothing to be ashamed of. You know what I do for a living. I never went into war for the reason that it ends. I knew I would miss the action packed thrilling sensation of putting your life on the line. The second you feel most alive is the moment before you almost die. Brantley I completely understand missing it. I miss it, and that’s why I keep doing it.”

He paced the room. I knew I would probably have to talk him into the next stage of my brilliant plan. “You know.” ”No way. It’s not gonna happen,” he replied sharply. “Okay I’ll just order three …show more content…
I took a five minute shower and got dressed. I wore a back in black AC DC t shirt, jeans, a black jacket, and black tennis shoes. I took a towel and dried my hair and face. I heard the alarm and it sent chills up my spine. The motion sensor sounded so I turned it off and I checked to see who it was. It was the store manager who seemed disoriented and alarmed. I laughed to myself, people are so caught up in their own lives they have no idea what goes on behind the scenes. However people like me are everywhere and we make your world news a lie. Most of us know how the media works and we use it to our advantage. When a major world event happens for instance a prime minister dies in a car accident, the majority of people think it was purely an accident, but most of the time the real story is someone like me was hired to make the leader’s death look like a car accident and not an

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