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Submitted to Contest #31
Joao left his Bronx apartment and walked down the street towards the bodega to purchase some ingredients his mother needed for tonight's dinner. The walk from his apartment to the corner store was not far, and the weather on this spring evening was soothing. Days like this Joao didn’t mind going out to run errands. He was a laid-back teenager who never thought much of anything more than was necessary. His mother told him to be quick, and not in that nice “Please don’t be too long,” tone, but rather in the fierce tone that is standard among L...
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