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Weekly Contest #270
I nodded to the front desk lady as I strode through the lobby, “Happy Daylight Savings,” she cheerfully said, putting her hair up with a purple hair tie. The phone started ringing. I was the first one in the kitchen at 4:30 a.m. I flicked on the lights. I clocked in then walked down the line, flicked on the deep fryer, turning on the knobs to the flat top then hitting the switch on the ovens. I went into the walk-in and glared at the unfinished peeled potatoes from the night before,”What dumbass didn’t-”, then it hit me. I closed...
I woke up in the living room, I had no idea how long I had been laying on the floor. It had been mid morning last I remembered. I raised my sore body to sit up, my head pounding. I put my fingers to my lip, his fist had split it, again. The house was quiet, normally if Vaugn was home there would be loud music blaring through the walls. I rose to my feet, slowly. I made my way to the front window and pulled back the curtain. His car luckily was not in the driveway. I went to the bathroom to wash my face, it flashed back to me- he ...
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