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Weekly Contest #218
This story the contains death of a loved one. My whole world consisted of the ragged breaths of the man laying on the bed. I sat next to him for hours, unmoving. Inhale. Pause. Exhale. Pause. Sometimes the pause took too long, and I would lean forward to see if I could hear the movement of air. It seemed as though even my heart stopped beating at those times. I would begin to tremble, and my father's grip on my shoulder would squeeze painfully. And then I would hear the inhale, and it would continue, my heart beating with it. After what ...
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