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Weekly Contest #356
The New Shoes Sometime around 2018, when Nadia had been living on the streets on and off for two years, we developed an odd, irregular communication. From time to time, I would message her on Facebook. Some messages were later marked as “seen.” Most of the time, there were no replies and I could only guess what might be happening with her at that moment. The green circle on her Messenger profile showing she was online became my beacon. It meant life. Usually, the circle was grey. Regardless, I continued to send my texts. They looked overly p...
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