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Submitted to Contest #143
Unlikely that we ever would have met, but chance is chance. I just wanted to get home from the disastrous night. It was a rainy night and as I drove, I realized I probably should have gotten a ride. It was hard to see and my mind kept drifting back to what happened at the bar. My left cheek was still hurting from getting punched. That brought up the anger I’d pushed down and I felt like turning back around. How could I let him take her from me? What could she even see in him? Why couldn’t I have just kept my cool? Questions circling ...
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