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Submitted to Contest #92
The date was July 1, 2020, and it couldn't have been a more horrid day than today. In Chicago, Illinois on a regular Tuesday at 5:00 am Michael Robertson woke to an alarming sound. The sound of their house alarm only activated when someone broke in. He almost thought he was dreaming until he heard a high-pitched scream. Michael recognized it almost instantly, for it was his mother. Micheal rushed downstairs to see if she was ok but he was too late. His mother lied there on the bed lifelessly as her blood gushed to the floor. Micheal stood th...
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