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Weekly Contest #359
Quiet. That was the word I used to describe the island. If it even could be called that. It was more like a floating rock, out in the middle of the ocean. Somewhere in the Atlantic. That was all I knew. It was isolated. And that was all I needed. The smell of salt filled the air, filled my lungs as I breathed it in, then out on a slow exhale. If I pretended enough, I could imagine that my family was here with me. Waiting inside the small house that sat just behind me, with its peeling baby blue paint that blended in with the sky on sunny da...
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