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Weekly Contest #43
Trigger warning: depictions of drug abuse and overdose The sun beat down on her as she trudged along the street in the deep August heat. She was so tired, exhaustion weighing down on her like a heavy blanket. The pain deep inside her was unbearable. She did not know how her heart could keep beating when it felt liked it was ripped in two. She wanted nothing more than to go home, but her home no longer existed. As she walked by her mother’s house, she noticed no one was there. Although her parents had told her she was longer welcome, she...
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