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Kayla Gibbons

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It was an accident

Weekly Contest #371

Author's Note/Sensitive content; contains mentions of the death of an animal. It was an accident. “All you need to do is breathe.”“I can’t breathe, Lexi. It’s not like this is a simple subject. It feels like everything is contracting, like there’s a stupid huge weight on my chest. You can’t possibly know what that means.”Suddenly, it was like the walls of the office kitchen were starting to cave in, bubbling and shrinking, trying to squish me down to size. The after-hours coffee smelled burnt, adding to my dizziness. Somewhere beyond the ki...

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It was an accident

Author's Note: story contains mentions of animal death. “All you need to do is breathe.”“I can’t breathe, Lexi. It’s not like this is a simple subject. It feels like everything is contracting, like there’s a stupid huge weight on my chest. You can’t possibly know what that means.”Suddenly, it was like the walls of my small kitchen were starting to cave in, bubbling and shrinking, trying to squish me down to size. Suddenly, the coffee smelled burnt, adding to the dizziness.“No. Unfortunately, I don’t know what it means. I don’t know why you’...

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