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Submitted to Contest #79
There was an insistent knocking on the front door of my condo, and it irritated me. I could hear it back in the home office, and since I was the only one at home, I guess I needed to answer it. I opened the door to see my mother standing there. I had not seen this woman in several years, and certainly didn’t want to now. “What,” I barked, hoping she would get the hint, even though she never did. The Universe revolved around her and her only. My parents had politely asked me to leave the house when I was sixteen, all for having the nerve to...
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