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Weekly Contest #231
My feet shuffled along the soft carpet. The pale blue walls are pitch black now and it’s only my mind that leads the way, like a compass dragging me north. The room was dark, more so than usual. The cries were insistent. Desperate. The sound coming from deep in his throat, his little lungs working overtime. If only he’d given me another half an hour. Twenty minutes. Hell, I would’ve been happy with another ten minutes of sleep. But this was it. Some comfort and then rocking. It might be hours. It might be a little less. There’s always hope t...
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