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Weekly Contest #237
The thud-squeal of the brakes, as the bus pulled into South Station, woke me from my daze. I wasn’t changing buses, but I was ready to change seats. After being hunkered down near the front of the bus since I boarded in Rhode Island, I was done with the driver’s endless prattle. He clearly thought he was a New England tour guide. He’d started with a monologue about the weather and moved on to steady commentary about other drivers and the various sights one could encounter from Providence to Boston. I’d tried to sleep, unfortunately, he’d not...
“Mama,” Izzy called loudly as she slammed the front door behind her. “I forgot my lunch box at school.” Janey rolled her eyes and imagined how freeing it must be to forget. “It’s okay, Bug,” Janey called back, “just come, have a snack, and get started on your homework.” Names and faces, slights and grudges, everything stayed with Janey permanently. Total recall, the doctors called it. They had told Janey that there were meds she could take that would help alleviate the burden, but she would not be able to choose which memories to release....
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