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Weekly Contest #305
I stared at the crowd and told the biggest lie of my life. “I can make all your sorrows disappear.”A moment of silence stretched out, feeling like an eternity. I could feel sweat beads gathering on my forehead, dripping down the back of my neck. My mouth suddenly went dry. I wasn’t exactly lying; well, I was, but I still expected a little more enthusiasm. I had just told them I could make all their sorrows disappear, after all, that should warrant—An eruption of laughter broke out—not pitiful, but the kind you do when you are so angry you ha...
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