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Submitted to Contest #290
Cara pulls her hood up over her head just as the rain drops begin to fall. The sky is shedding the tears she has felt tickling her eyes all day. She’s so tired of grief and just wants to be cozy in her house, snuggled under the blanket her mom knitted her years ago, before the illness. She just needs to escape reality with funny movies and pizza. Picking up the pace, she finds herself running down the street. Her house is right around the corner and all she has to do is make it to her porch before the sky completely opens up. Unfortunately, ...
Luna looks out over the lake. She can hear laughter rolling down the hill, a laughter that feels familiar and brings comfort. A laughter that triggers memories from 20 years ago, memories she needs to tap into right now. Thankfully the ringlets of joy sliding into her ears bring her back effortlessly. As she sits at the lake house desk and picks up a pen and paper to write her speech, the memories come flooding back: As a child, Luna had always been kind of a loner. Her personality was bubbly, so it was easy to like her, but for some reason ...
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