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Submitted to Contest #298
Olya took her own life at the end of May, right before exams—on the twenty-first—and almost immediately, they canceled them for us. No one said it out loud (after all, we were expected to perform the tragedy), but deep down, we were relieved. Maybe we were even grateful for the gift she unknowingly gave us. We didn’t care how it happened or why. The news was met with the same calm indifference as if someone had announced we’d have seven classes tomorrow instead of six. A whisper passed through the desks—and that was it. It felt inevitable, u...
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