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Submitted to Contest #202
“CAREFUL!” Mrs. Lee shouts as she catches me, seconds before my tailbone crashes to her kitchen floor. “You lose your footing, Sam,” she laughs as she steadies me. I force a smile and a laugh I know sounds false. “Always clumsy!” Ellen pinches my arm, hard, and gives me a look that says ‘shut the fuck up—quick.’ She grabs the empty plates from my hands and throws them in the sink. “We’re gonna go for fro-yo, thanks for dinner, Ma,” she says, as she kisses Mrs. Lee on the cheek and drags me out the door. I smile, wave goodbye to her p...
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