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Submitted to Contest #237
How had I let them talk me into this? I sat in the middle row of my mother's SUV, questioning how I was in this current predicament: driving home for Grandma Gene's 89th birthday. It's not like I didn't wish to see her. No, quite the opposite, I hadn't been home in nearly three years while away for college and missed the family terribly, especially my grandmother. Yet, now that the final semester was over, and I was helplessly thrust back into the lion's den, I struggled to contain my nausea. The real issue was the unavoidable reunion wi...
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