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Submitted to Contest #23
The night was one of those ones that make you feel cold and hollow. Four a.m. in the city will do that to you, though. The streets were dead and quiet, and the sky was hazy and starless, and my fingers were numb lumps of flesh at the ends of my hands. I’d have killed for a warm bite to eat, a hot cup of tea at that moment. Anything to thaw me out a bit from the trudge home in the snow. But home was still far away, and I didn’t have money for a cab. I had about $15 left in my wallet and I’d have to stretch it for next week’s groceries. I’d ha...
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