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Submitted to Contest #52
I felt my heartbeat. I could hear my own breath moving in and out. I figured that all the coolers must have shut off at the same time since the power was still on. Instinct told me something or someone was close to me. No one was in sight. I looked up and down the aisle. The weird smell inside the I.G.A. I had always thought was spoiled produce mixed with industrial cleaner and stale water in the mop bucket grew stronger then faded. Though they needed it, there was no one cleaning floors. Every box of macaroni was perfectly aligned, every sl...
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