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Submitted to Contest #65
The sun continued sinking down, and the feeling crept in that the night would be a long one. Our trip was spontaneous; we had brought nothing to make our overnight stay outdoors more comfortable. Neither of us expected to sleep anyway, which was good since there wasn’t a blanket or sleeping bag between us. A backpack she had grabbed from the trunk of the car was all we had, and I had no idea what she had in it. Approaching the house, with its frame sagging and paint peeling from decades of neglect and abandonment, my blood chilled to...
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