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Submitted to Contest #96
I dragged my feet across the thin carpet placed unevenly above the slab of cement. Each step felt heavier as I followed my mother to the empty room, my prison. "See, I told you that Mexican wasn't good for you. You should have listened to me when I said that man doesn't give a damn about you" her voice increased with more malice as she continued on. Honestly, this is the most she has spoken to me if ever. She always runs her mouth when it's to ridicule my choices in life which made me feel like a burden in my relationship with him an...
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