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Seymour bolts for the door - he yanks it open and dashes onto the street.
A car almost runs him over. Seymour barely stops. He runs to the fire escape of Audrey's apartment building and climbs. The metal is cold, hurts his hands, but he doesn't feel it.
A lotta folks deserve to die That's what started this. That's what will end this.
It's a long climb. Past the flickering neon Charleston Chews sign. Up to the highest building. He's panting as he runs over to the edge of the room and stands on the ledge. A long way down to the trash-strewn streets below.
A tiny part of Seymour knew it was his fate to die in a Skid Row gutter. He didn't listen to that part of him. He believed he was special, believed he could make it, believed he deserved happiness. Schmuck, whispers Mr. Mushnik's voice. Seymour has never agreed with him more.
His toes are over the ledge. His quick breaths steam in the night air. He needs courage. Thinking of Audrey usually gives him courage, so he thinks of Audrey. Her laugh, her kindness, her smell, her dreams - gone. Because of him.
He can do it now.
His muscles tense.
A car almost runs him over. Seymour barely stops. He runs to the fire escape of Audrey's apartment building and climbs. The metal is cold, hurts his hands, but he doesn't feel it.
A lotta folks deserve to die That's what started this. That's what will end this.
It's a long climb. Past the flickering neon Charleston Chews sign. Up to the highest building. He's panting as he runs over to the edge of the room and stands on the ledge. A long way down to the trash-strewn streets below.
A tiny part of Seymour knew it was his fate to die in a Skid Row gutter. He didn't listen to that part of him. He believed he was special, believed he could make it, believed he deserved happiness. Schmuck, whispers Mr. Mushnik's voice. Seymour has never agreed with him more.
His toes are over the ledge. His quick breaths steam in the night air. He needs courage. Thinking of Audrey usually gives him courage, so he thinks of Audrey. Her laugh, her kindness, her smell, her dreams - gone. Because of him.
He can do it now.
His muscles tense.