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She looks down at his CV again and Ben’s palms get sweaty at the mere sight of it. His credentials are flawless, so much he knows- hypothetically for Caleb had told him that much the last evening like a broken record, but he is jumpy nevertheless. Maybe it’s her eyes, that seem to linger on him a bit too long or simple panic to have forgotten something, a certificate, anything- or it is the fact, that he can’t see what is behind him, who is behind him.
He never hated libraries that much as he does now, simply because every five minutes someone is walking in or out and they are talking about him. Of course, they are talking about him and it is not just his imagination or his mind playing tricks.
When Mrs Miller gestured for him to step inside the library and take a seat, Ben had nearly panicked. The airport had been easy, too crowded to actually stand out and on the plane, he had slept, nearly calmly for the first time in god knows how long. The streets on the other hand had been a bit difficult, but he had managed, he was used to managing after all