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Weekly Contest #346
Twelve dollars. God dammit. Barely enough money for food, let alone get a room for the night. Even if I just cash this in it isn’t going to make a dent in my credit card payments. I feel sick. How am I supposed to come back from this? Do I claw my way out by flipping burgers? Do I slave away in some cubicle for the next twenty years? Is it even worth it to try? I’ve never seriously considered offing myself but I’ve also never been this close to losing everything. Only two people would notice that I’m gone, and I’m sure whatever gri...
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