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Weekly Contest #335
“I know, Mark. I don’t want to think about it either, but we have to deal with it. I cannot just sit around and do nothing—this is my child they are talking about!”I raise my hand to knock on my parents’ bedroom door, then freeze. My mom starts to cry. She’s been doing that a lot lately.I lower my hand and turn toward the stairs.I wonder which one of us she’s talking about. I reflect on my recent behavior—nothing to be in trouble for in the last two weeks—but anxiety flickers anyway. I stop halfway down the stairs, one foot frozen in the air...
Weekly Contest #329
"Where were you last night?" Susan asked quietly. The smoke from her cigarette rose in the air and seemed to hover over her, as if waiting for his response before it moved on. Her hand had a purplish bruise across her knuckles and another around her wrist. Her hair was loosely knotted on top of her head and the blue ribbon she loved to wear was torn and bloody on the floor. Elias watched as the dust particles in the air seemed to perform a spiraling dance in the sliver of light filtering through the broken windowpane in the corner of the roo...
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