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Weekly Contest #173
Violet was still chilled through from her morning shower; Frank hadn’t had the hot water tank fixed yet, and icy rivulets had trickled down her aching body as she shivered in the dimly lit cubicle. The supermarket insisted that staff wear their oversized blue tabards over shirts – no jumpers or cardigans allowed – and her teeth chattered as she smiled mechanically at shoppers while Christmas music blared over the tannoy. “Would you like to donate an extra one of these to charity today?” Violet cradled the tin of own-brand soup and smiled a...
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