GLOOM

If any of the security men were flabbergasted to see the World Commissioner for Health who was supposed to be happier and with a pay package high above theirs crying over a fall, they did nothing to show it.

She was lifted to her feet and then led to her office, where she sank into her seat, weary. Her body was weak, and she was in no mood to lift a muscle. Somehow, she wanted to die and leave everything behind.

The handle of her door turned, and in crept Gloria, a worried look on her face as she drew even closer.

“What did you do?”

“Nothing.” Dr. Elizabeth answered, her eyes simply gazing into space.

“That wasn't the speech I gave you. You just said something different from a certain part.”

“I know,” the doctor cried, frustrated. She had not even said anything different, or even done anything at all. Something stood in her place and with her image and had said the rest of it.

Gloria was unrelenting, and she moved even closer, reaching to hold her lover's hand with a gentle touch as
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