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Weekly Contest #342
I had considered not showing up; it probably wouldn’t have hurt my parents any more than the previous four years where I didn’t and afterall, my career was just reaching the greatest moment it ever has. But considering the circumstances, it would’ve been of poor taste for me to have blown them off.After all, it’s not everyday that your mother gets a cancer diagnosis and the least I could do is to pretend to be one united family for her, even if it may be a touch deceptive. She always liked to pretend she had what many of her friends seemed t...
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