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Submitted to Contest #95
Growing up I wasn't allowed to go alone to many places. That's because of a few reasons. There was my the incident with my brother, which is a dirty, dark story. Which, I don't really want to get into now. And then there's my biological father, who threatened to do physical harm when the courts charged him for child support. Another topic I tend to keep in Pandora's box. So, my family became very protective and very watchful of my every move, including during summer time. But, there were some times, some places I could go that were deemed ...
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