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Weekly Contest #229
The news was simple: at least for the holidays, she was coming home. I was ecstatic when I heard the news, though I knew she wouldn't have come to see me. I waited for her at the train station, the snow falling heavily past my shoulders, yet I didn't feel the bitter chill of the air as the breeze picked up. Everyone was in brightly coloured coats at the station, fairy lights hanging from pole to pole with paper candy canes hanging from the cords. Instead of the usual emptiness I felt, a subtle warmness omitted from my chest and flowe...
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