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Submitted to Contest #36
(Trigger warning: abuse, assault, suicide) Dear diary, It's my birthday today! I'm turning fourteen years old, and I just started high school this year. Mom said she was going to take me out for ice-cream but when I tried to wake her up this morning she said she had a headache. I should have known she wasn't going to get out of bed. She's like that sometimes, I wish I knew why she gets so sad. I tried to make her some food and tea like grandma does for me when I don't feel well, but she yelled at me to leave her alone. Oh, I hav...
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