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Submitted to Contest #93
It’s hard to feel like you belong in any particular place when all your life, you’ve been told you don’t. Staring down this cobbled pathway that seems to stretch on for eternity, lit up by ornate lamps that fade into a haze in the distance, I struggle to take any more steps closer to the house, buzzing with activity. I just know that the minute I step inside, all those feelings will rush back to me, and I will want to leave, but I promised myself I would do this, and I don’t break promises. With one last glance over my shoulder, I set my si...
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