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Submitted to Contest #304
Pets were the furthest things from her mind as Vera conducted her seasonal ritual, the change-up of the items stored in the hall closet. Out with winter, in with summer. A bellow from the basement jolted her, a bellow that was born deep down inside the diaphragm of a ten-year-old old boy. “Aaaarghhh! Mom!” Vera jumped at the murderous yell. What in God’s name are those kids up to now? She was startled rather than alarmed. Not out of any lack of concern for the welfare of her darling children, mind you, but because her motherly intuition t...
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