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Submitted to Contest #49
Under the dusty pendant light at the Applebee’s, Ren held her breath, dreading what she knew came next. Across the table, Karen sneered. “Can I speak to your manager?” Just a few minutes before, their weekly lunch date was going smoothly. With a squelchy slurp, Karen sucked the last bit of ranch dressing off a chicken wing as her friend prodded at limp iceberg lettuce. Karen’s friend was also named Karen, but since she sat lower on the social standing totem pole than ranch-dressing-with-mild-chicken-wings Karen, everyone called her Ren. ...
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