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Jacqueline Clendenin

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2021

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Guilt

My phone is ringing…AGAIN! I don’t have to look at the caller ID to know who it is. She calls everyday and always asks the same question. “Hello mom. How’s dad doing? Oh, todays really not a very good day for me. The kids have ball practice, I have to go to the grocery store, do laundry and cook dinner”. She’s tired. I can hear it in her voice, but she would never tell me. How she can stand to be in that house all the time is beyond me. I feel guilty for not wanting to go see them. Truth be told, I could manage a few hours for a visit…i...

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The other woman

Weekly Contest #101

She's staring at me again. God, I wish she would just go away. She looks at me with so much judgement in her eyes. Doesn't she know that I'm doing the best that I can? That I'm barely holding on? How could she know anything about me? She never speaks to me. I'm not her friend, in fact, sometimes I think we are bitter enemies. I never want to be her friend....ever!!! She smiles at me like she knows my secrets. I wonder if she ever thinks about asking me about them? I dont trust her not to laugh at my petty problems. Sometimes she has a twink...

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