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Submitted to Contest #209
Charlie Westphal was back in New Orleans. He’d visited his friend Michael there last summer and left a piece of his heart in the city. Six months later Michael invited him to come find it during New Orleans’ famous holiday season, Mardi Gras. Michael picked up Charlie from the airport and dropped him off at his house, which sat just above Tulane University on a very busy section of South Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans’ White Teapot. Michael and his roommate Bryce, both law students at Tulane, had Friday classes left before the weekend could...
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