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Submitted to Contest #81
I hadn’t seen my brother Jim and sister-in-law Ella in quite a while. I was back in my hometown for a high school reunion of 2016. I needed to talk to Jim about some personal stuff. I thought Peta and I did everything we could to make our marriage work but, we were drifting apart. I suspected she was seeing someone else. I was right, we share custody of our son. Jim and I always talked and drank our problems away, Ella accepted our times together and knew that by the end of the whiskey bottle or the last of the carton of beer we would have r...
Submitted to Contest #78
Training Charli. Jim moved toward the bar to order another round of drinks. Several of the archers from the club were hanging out there to drown their sorrows. Jim was the only one who won his singles in the state’s archery championships. Charli sat on a stool at the bar. Sitting somewhat lower than most men; she was 5’ 2” and her feet were bent in with her feet barely touching the stool’s foot bars. She reached up to grab her drink and spilled half of it on the bar. “Damn!” “Can I buy you another?” asked Jim. “No, I think it’s time to go....
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