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In this episode, Matthew Mitchell narrates a story about a truck driver burdened by unfinished tasks and the chaos that ensues.

Visit the “A Bedtime Story” show website to submit your story ideas for a future episode! Welcome to A Bedtime Story. I'm Matthew Mitchell, and tonight's story is titled The Weight of Unfinished Business, Part 3 of this week's series: The Audit of Anomalous Artifacts. The truck was a standard silver transport, the kind you see every day delivering packages to people who are eagerly awaiting their new shoes. But this truck was moving at a speed that suggested the driver was either very late or being propelled by an external force of pure bureaucracy. Leo was behind the wheel of the department van, pushing the engine until it let out a rhythmic clanking sound. "The Briefcase of Bottomless Bureaucracy is in that trailer!" Juniper shouted over the roar of the wind. "It was designed to hold an infinite number of files, but it has a side effect. It gains mass based on the number of unfinished tasks in its vicinity. The driver is currently behind on his logbook, his taxes, and his anniversary card. The briefcase is turning that guilt into pure kinetic energy!" Leo steered the van alongside the speeding truck. The air between the two vehicles felt heavy, like they were driving through a…

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