Sublime

Ammar was the only person in the world with the legal permit to climb the Great Pyramid of Giza. Or so he said to Thomas.

A little more than an hour later, at around 5:30 p.m., Preston walked out of his bedroom for what would be the last time in his life.

We sat and talked about books and authors, and I gave my best impersonation of a model tenant, a man whose checks wouldn’t bounce and who wouldn’t cause any fuss.