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Submitted to Contest #71
An Almost Unsuccessful Attempt I placed the final plate on my counter. There were only a few minutes left until guests would begin arriving. My heart was pounding. I had never hosted a party before, and I certainly never had for the motivations that currently possessed me. In fact, I’m relatively certain that next to nobody has. On the counter before me, dozens of small, plastic plates were sprawled. Each bearing five of my famous butterscotch cookies. One plate had been separated from the rest. There wasn’t anything different about them...
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