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Submitted to Contest #42
She sat all alone on the terrace. Her dad had locked her mum inside today too. They always quarreled about the same thing. She never understood anything, not even after her brother had patiently told her what their folk’s problems had been. 'Does daddy love mom?' she wondered, looking down and watching her tiny legs swing where the wind blew, 'Does he love us at all?' she let down her tears. Every day was like this, either her mom got locked up inside her own room while her dad went to visit her aunt, or he beat them and forbade them fo...
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