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Submitted to Contest #153
The house gloomily glared in my direction. The walls glared at me as I passed by, burning holes into me. Now, don't get me wrong, I like this house. After all, this is the house I grew up with. Yet, after only a year of being gone, it seemed so...compact. I've never lived in a big neighborhood. Nothing fancy in the slightest. It was a small city, population: 150. Chances were, if I didn't personally know you, I knew about you. We never grew up with too much cash, never needed to. It was out small family of four, my mother, my father, my br...
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