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Submitted to Contest #153
The So-Called Fight Them’s fighting words, Araleen thought to herself but said nothing. Over coffee, her best friend had just told her she was too quick to give in to others when they bossed her around. She knew Candice was right. Even now, in this moment when she felt like her friend was being too pushy, Araleen didn’t have the strength to rebut her position. It had been this way for years. Not just with her friend, but almost everyone she knew. Her 11-year-old daughter, Shea, told her she was a pushover at least once a month. Ara...
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