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Weekly Contest #165
“This is Officer Laramie of the Waller County Police Department. Am I speaking with Shelly Johnson?” The words sink in my stomach, churn my intestines, and run a chill down my spine. I know what he is going to say next before he even says it. This is about Jakob. I try to speak, but my lungs feel incapable of even the slightest exhale. I am petrified. “Ma’am, this is urgent. Are you Shelly Johnson?” “YES”, I somehow manage to painfully gulp out between heaving breaths. Is this what a panic attack feels like? “Ma...
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