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Weekly Contest #163
Warning: This story contains domestic violence, strong language, abuse, self harm, sensitive topics, and substance abuse. There I stood, staring at an unfamiliar person through the water-stained mirror. The pane of glass was clouded from the spray of tight, wet coils, shaken with the desperate hope that my hair would fall at my shoulders like Aurora's did when she fell into that blissful slumber. I curved a finger on the bottom lids of my eyes, darkened with half moons, to wipe away the story they told. But my finger is not a magical wand. ...
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