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Submitted to Contest #255
Even though it was well over eighty degrees outside, Crystal wore black jeans and a faux leather jacket over a red top; her lips smudged with bright red lipstick, her eyes shaded gray and black. She was nineteen, with a backpack full of her things strapped over her bony shoulders and almost no plans to speak of. She stood at the counter of the pawn shop, looking intently at the man behind the counter as he evaluated her item. “I can give you… twenty for it,” the man finally said. “Twenty?” Crystal said. “It’s got to be worth at least, I don’...
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