Arabica

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I sipped my skinny latte. No unlucky thirteenth floor on this building. I pushed twenty.

The elevator shuddered to a stop between the twelfth and fourteenth floors. The door opened to a misty world with purple leaved trees and a winding path. 

A beautiful woman held out her hand. I took it.

Steamy arabica burned my arm. I jerked the woman's arm inside the elevator. Her arm was withered, tinged green, nails like claws.

I poured latte on her arm. She screamed and let go. The doors shut and the elevator rose. I sipped the rest of my latte. I would need another.



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