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Submitted to Contest #37
Chapter 1 If I were human, I’d write a book. Change the names to protect the innocent, not that me and Mavis Brown encountered many of those. Mavis is a hard one, keeps her emotions padlocked away, loyal to a fault to those in her inner circle and she keeps that circle small. Don’t get me wrong, I like Mavis well enough, known her since she was a kid. Bashed many a thumb before she learned how to swing me proper like, and brother, did she learn. But I’m getting ahead of myself. Point is, I know Mavis’ secrets. At least the ones that count. I...
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