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Submitted to Contest #96
Home Invasion One ‘Mum, why are you doing this to me?’ I ask with a glare. ‘Sweetheart, this is not something we are doing to you. It’s something we require of you,’ she states. ‘So, that’s it? I don’t get a say?’ I retort in frustration. ‘A family needs our help, and it’s only seven days. It is the right thing to do. You will see that,’ Mum says with finality. I slump with an overexaggerated sigh. Why us? ‘Only seven days.’ That’s a week of my summer holiday. Any moment, a strange family is arriving to set up camp in our home. Apparently, I...
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