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Weekly Contest #56
I had spent the night at the bar drowning my sorrows. The lady behind the bar looked at me with pity and fascination. She had found a way of relieving my sorrows by allowing me to down pints and liqueurs, so I would not feel the pain. Many people had found a way of coping with the backlash of an affair but with me, I held deep resentment. I found a way of hiding my troubles from afar and it had brought on many a night of arguing, resentment and lies. I held out for the day my wife would come clean with the fact her life was full of lies and ...
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