AFTER TWENTY YEARS--02

Halfway down one of the blocks, the policeman slowed down. A man stood in the shadows by the entrance to a shop, an unlit cigar hung from his mouth. When the policeman approached, the man began to speak. "No need to worry about me", he said in an attempt to clam the officer. "A friend is supposed to meet me here. We arranged our meeting time twenty years ago. You are wondering if you've ever heard anything more strange, right?" "Well, to put you at ease, I'll explain myself, if you wish." "Please do." said the officer. "Well, as you may have guessed," said the man. "It started twenty years ago, this store behind me used to be a restaurant called Alice's." "I remember it." said the policeman. "But it went out of business quite some time ago."

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