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Submitted to Contest #333
“Mom!” Ellie shouts into the clothes dryer, her voice muffled by a tangle of cheap, oversized sweatshirts and her favorite Viori sweatpants. “Mom!” She stretches the word onto multiple syllables. “Dad? Where’s Mom? I can’t find my uniform.”Her dad’s voice echoes from the bathroom down the hall. “I can’t hear you!”Ellie slams the dryer door, checks the time on her phone, and skitters down the stairs. “Mom, I’m late!” The kitchen is empty. Her mother’s favorite coffee mug, the one with the photo of her four-year-old self sitting crisscross app...
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