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Submitted to Contest #92
All that glitters It was a cold October night in 1981. The streets still showing traces of snow that had fallen the day before. The wind, so cold I could see my breath. My hands half frozen as I tried to protect them from the chill that seemed to fill my entire body. This was not a place for any fifteen year old girl, yet here I was, cold hungry and underdressed. With each step came thoughts of where I had been and the realization of where I was now. A week earlier I was staying in an ...
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