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Weekly Contest #259
This story contains themes of misogyny and emotional abuse, in addition to mention of substance misuse and a wee bit of swearing. The Truth is, I despised my Uncle Dougie. Nothing about him felt safe. A tall boy in one hand and a Player’s Light in the other, he could not be described as kind, and too many beers spiralled quickly into mean and menacing.He wounded with his words.Hurling insults at innocent family members was his specialty. We endured, stuck in fear and disbelief. Except that he repeated the same pattern at every family gatheri...
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