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Weekly Contest #323
Trigger Warning: Violence, gun use, drug use, and sexual content. Reader discretion is advised. “42…43…44…45…” I counted as I heaved, sweat trickling down my neck, nerves tingling with soreness in my feet. I’d read somewhere in a cheap magazine that counting helped with focused breathing — whether it worked or not, I had no clue. Dust stung my eyes as I gripped the steering wheel tighter, forcing myself to forget everything behind me: the gunshots, the blood splattered across the floor, the six pounds of pressure on my arm from the shot I ...
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