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Weekly Contest #355
I was here, this morning, in this moment, wishing I could be anywhere else. I gazed around the room, a sea of black. Black dresses. Black suits. Hundreds of them. The fluorescent lighting in the church was painfully bright, yet the room still felt dim. Somber. I scanned the crowd carefully without making direct eye contact. Anytime someone tried to catch my gaze, I immediately darted my eyes to the floor. I guarantee Brett hadn’t even met three-quarters of these people. I choked back tears as I approached his open casket. I stared at the fac...
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