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Submitted to Contest #312
“The other kids don’t like me”, I said, folding my hands around the cup of steaming tea. I don’t even like tea, but it’s all this house has, so it’s what I drink. “What makes you think that?” Her voice was hollow, she took a sip of the tea and hissed from burning her tongue. “I don’t think. I know”, I stared at her, trying to read her face, but it was too many emotions to find anything sensible in it. She blew on her tea, trying to cool it down. As if the minus degrees outside didn’t do the job quick enough. “Give them a chance, Rome wasn’t ...
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