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Submitted to Contest #47
You left the successful life you had, your stay at home wife, your 2 beautiful children to start anew in another state. You had told your wife you were going deep sea fishing so you could get away without their being any evidence, a seemingly perfect escape. You had been gone months now, restarted in New Jersey. Now you were a small accountant instead of being a small town fish market owner. You were nowhere near as acquainted with everyone as you were in Hawaii. Who would've ever guessed you would need to run away from the life you had buil...
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