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Fabayo Watkins

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Dec, 2024

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THE SYSTEM

Christmas was fast approaching and I still didn’t have a date for the job’s Christmas party. It had been two years since my last boyfriend. I was feeling desperate but not desperate enough to reach out to him. My bestie Java had a steady boyfriend. They had been going out just shy of a year. Java seemed to really like him. Java worked at the same job as did I. We worked at a call center for the local telephone & cable company. We lived in North Carolina. I was fairly new to the south from New York City. Java was actually born in New York...

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ROOM 132

Submitted to Contest #280

Content warning: Physical intimacy, emotional manipulationHere we were, on a Friday night in the middle of time square arguing. My lover has been placing an enormous amount of pressure on me to leave my boyfriend of five years. As much as I would love to be with him, it’s Christmas time for heaven's sake. The fact that he is my boyfriend's best friend doesn't make this any better. I feel horrible but have gone too far down the road to turn back. Part of me feels like I have always wanted to be with Micah, but somehow Nairobi is the one who p...

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