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Submitted to Contest #10
We were five years old when it happened. I had been watching SpongeBob reruns on cable as I waited for June to get home from ballet practice. Mom was in the kitchen getting dinner ready when the phone rang. She let it ring, knowing it was a telemarketer. She got calls like that daily and she didn’t want to deal with it right now.“Ma, answer the phone.”I didn’t even look away from the TV but when the phone rang again, she answered on the first chime.“Yes, this is she. Yes, that’s my husband. Oh my god. I’m on my way.”After that, things moved ...
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