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Submitted to Contest #64
Emmeline inhaled the smoke without thinking, coughing in a ragged and grizzly sound. She did not know what to do. The fire had gotten out of control. She had no idea what started it. Emmeline had been alone in the second story bathroom when she started to smell it. By the time she got out of the bathroom, though, the fire had already taken over the stairs to leave. Her pale blue dress—the one she had worried so much over that night—was in tatters, soot smeared across its lacy border. But she could not think of that now. She could only think ...
Submitted to Contest #63
“You’re doing it wrong,” she said as she came up behind him. Annabelle knew she should just leave him alone, but he was ruining the best apples on the tree. He turned to look at her and she cocked her head at him. He wasn’t the type to come and pick apples from the orchard. Young, wearing slacks and nice shoes—Anna looked at his left hand—a bachelor. He looked completely out of place here. “Excuse me?” he said politely, although Annabelle could definitely hear the irritation in his tone. “You’re doing it wrong,” she repe...
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