“Sir? Can you tell me what the problem is?” “I’ve been a bad boy,” he told the operator, drawing out the adjective with a smirk in his voice that was meant for me. “I need to be stopped.” “Sir? Are you in danger? Is it someone with you who’s in danger?” “Everyone near me is in danger. I kill people. I murder them. I stab them. I drown them.” He put an emphasis on that last one, and I felt myself ready to be sick. I pulled at the door again, but it wouldn’t budge. I wanted to shout, to say something, but my throat felt paralyzed with shock. I couldn’t get out the words. “Send the police,” he
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