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Submitted to Contest #203
The sign read “Happy Birthday, Aaron!” The smell of cake and wine and innumerous cocktails mingled in the air with excited chatter, live music and the sounds of laughter. The hundred or so invitees of Aaron's party milled about, talking, dancing and helping themselves to the open bar while he sat contemplating the banner that celebrated the start of his existence twenty-five years ago today. He idly stirred his drink with the little umbrella that stuck out from the top of his glass while his mind worked on what those twenty-five years ...
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