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Weekly Contest #369
The December wind slices through my coat as I load the last box into the SUV. Mom and Dad's things, years of memories, bound for Goodwill. Five years without Dad. Two without Mom. My eyes avoid the For Sale sign in the yard as I step back inside the house. There is only one task left. Dad's coat is waiting in the closet. Hanging there—alone, like a vigilant guardian. The old floor creaks under my steps as I move down the hall. Entering my parents' bedroom, their bed still stands against the wall, the last piece of furniture in the house. Ope...
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