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Matthieu Quintieri

CLASSROOM 212

Almost three months after the beginning of the 2020
lockdown, an English teacher comes back to high school on
the reopening day to give one of his last sessions of the year
to his students.

This morning of June 2020, the boulevard was empty
of people. The cafes and fast food restaurants were
closed and there was no traffic at all. Not a soul, not
a sound, not a single sign of life whatsoever. The high
school clock indicated 10:50 AM when the teacher
crossed the boulevard, headed to the front gate and
rang the buzzer. Once. Twice. The large wooden gate
remained closed. He waited for a while and rang a
third time. Nothing happened. The teacher turned
back to give a phone call when the gate opened in a
wild roar and he got sucked inside like a leaf swept
away by the wind. He fell on the hall’s cold tiles and
the gate closed just as fast. He quickly got back on his
feet and noticed the reception desk was empty, but
what struck him most was the obscurity of the place.
He pushed the courtyard gate and discovered the

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