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Submitted to Contest #179
Skip Christmas Eve 2023: On paper, 2022 had been a great year. Margaret had worked as an intern at at a small investment bank on Fifth Avenue. She had married a handsome, successful man, and was whisked away on an incredible honeymoon to Australia and New Zealand. Sure, there had been some setbacks that year. Her PhD project wasn’t moving as fast as she had hoped; in fact, her thesis committee hated her project. She had lost 20 grand in savings from her wedding and travel escapades. But those could be recovered, right? She had unconditional ...
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