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Submitted to Contest #294
It started with a Big Mac. Or, more specifically, a Big Mac, large fry, and a medium Coke. She was in the kitchen, washing dishes when she heard the words-- faint over the sound of the running water and the TV in the next room-- but undeniable. “Big Mac, large fry, and a medium Coke.”Her hand froze mid-scrub. She shut the water off abruptly, craning her neck to listen. Nothing but the cartoon’s overbright opening theme song. She peeled off one yellow rubber glove, soapy water dripping down her wrist onto her arm, then the other, and wal...
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