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Submitted to Contest #288
Note: sensitive content; loss of parents to 3 children. The rain was coming down so fast I was drenched in seconds. Yet I stood there, just staring at the road. I was shivering from the cold, yet I still stood there. I knew they weren’t coming, yet I still stood there in the pouring rain. I felt like I couldn’t move, and it hurt to even breathe. So I stood there, in the pouring rain, transfixed. A clap of thunder caused me to jump, and then I finally moved. I slowly turned away from the road and with heavy,...
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