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Submitted to Contest #25
Once again I find myself at this inane display of indulgence and degradation, wallowing in self-pity. I could have said no. I should have said no. But for some reason, whenever Sophie asks me to a party, there is no refusing her. There was that one time I almost escaped by insisting that I was required at the hospital that day and couldn’t possibly attend her soiree doped up on painkillers. Apparently no. She picked me up, allowed me to babble about for the entire evening in a drug-induced stupor before suggesting “Craig” that nice guy from ...
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