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Submitted to Contest #20
School was on a two-hour delay, but Evelyn was still awake at the usual time sipping coffee. It was rare that her five-year-old daughter Sophie slept past 7:30, so she was taking in the silence while she could, going over her mental checklist. Things that needed to be done that day (pay bills, go grocery shopping, stop by pharmacy) as well as things that needed to be done that week. She inhaled deeply, shut her eyes and held it for a few seconds before exhaling and opening them again. There was a lot to do and her small window of time had go...
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