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Submitted to Contest #216
“Just the usual,” I say to the cashier, but there’s nothing usual about today. Why is he in town?, I think to myself. “Coming right up!” she says with a smile. I tap my card to the machine on the counter. “Oh and make that for here this time,” I add quickly as she turns around to prepare my order. I look down at my watch, 8:56 am. I wait at the counter at the end of the register. Smells of morning time waft through the air, people on their phones wait in the queue, everyone is in a rush to get somewhere. I watch as paper cups before me ar...
Submitted to Contest #57
Her lungs ached as she inhaled deeply. She cracked her knuckles and reached again for the pen, though she still had nothing to write. She knew what had to be done, did it really matter if they hated her if she was dead anyway? It seemed like they already did. They were all a bunch of greedy slimes. She had saved every penny and put all of them all through college, never asking for anything in return. Anything they asked for, she gave. They all had these great jobs far away, so far that they wouldn’t visit, and when she tried to visit they ...
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