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Submitted to Contest #49
I sit patiently beside my Father in the busy waiting room of his Doctor’s office. He waits quietly beside me, but occasionally I hear him giggle a little as he stares into the distance. When I try to start a conversation he only answers me with a simple sentence and does not add anything to the conversation. I have told the receptionist that I want to go in with my Father during his checkup so I can let the Doctor know what is going on with him. We watch people come and go in the waiting room for an hour. The young father rocking his sick li...
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