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Submitted to Contest #236
Behind Lock and Key When I was a child, I had burned with curiosity hotter than the sun. If there was any sort of mystery, I just had to channel my best Nancy Drew and solve the case ASAP. If someone had put the milk carton back in the fridge with no milk, I would track down the culprit and ensure they got suitably chastised. My dad was left with red ears after the tongue lashing my mum gave to him that day. He had given me some serious side eye once mum's back was turned. "How did you even figure out it was me?" "Well mu...
Submitted to Contest #235
[sensitive themes: illness, mentions of abuse, cheating]. “Your father doesn’t have much time left”, Beth’s mother, Vivian, said sombrely. Her face was shrouded in worry and stress lines creased her face, even over the less than perfect quality of the Zoom call. “When are you going to stop running away from your problems and come home? You need to see him, get closure”. Beth scowled, unable to concede to her mother. She travelled a lot for her blog but was free to return home at any point. She had just conveniently chosen not to…b...
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