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Submitted to Contest #325
TW: Child death, Murder I awoke that morning. My head was buzzing from the dark promiscuous night before. I sat up and rubbed my eyes, wet and crusted with gloom. Then let them open to the world around me. The silver tarnished ashtray at my bedside glinted with the morning light streaming from my window. The sun was muted by the lace curtains Eleanor insisted on putting up when we moved in.I let the cold envelope my lardy body. I strode to the window, aggressively pulling the fabric away, and gazed into the wooded plain behind my estate. In ...
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