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Submitted to Contest #221
I gloved Jamie’s small hand in mine and squeezed it so tight, in those minutes before and after take-off, that his lips disappeared into a colourless thin line. The anti-anxiety tablets I’d popped out of their little foil caskets earlier had helped a bit to calm my nerves, but I couldn’t let go—not yet. ‘It’s ok mum. Nothing’s going to happen to us,’ Jamie whispered as he smiled up at me. His watery blue eyes were drenched in a love that I struggled to hold on to without the additional prickles of guilt that journeyed way beyond skin ...
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