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Submitted to Contest #273
“Have you ever lied to someone in this room?” It’s 4:15 pm, eight of us sit in the high school cafeteria. Mr. Hollowaty has been asking us questions for the last half-hour. I feel Mr. Hollowaty looking at me before he utters my name, “Miss Addler?” My face burns. Max glances at me without lifting his head before looking away. He couldn’t know that I lied to him, right? Brianna is staring directly at Max. I want to throw up. Don’t tell anyone, but she’s sleeping with Mr. Hollowaty. The words I uttered to Max a mere three hours ago. “Sophie?”&...
Submitted to Contest #44
Leaving can either feel as freeing as summer break when you’re a kid or as painful as sawing off your own leg. This time it is so much more the latter. My hands grip the steering wheel as I gasp for breath and hot tears sting my cheeks. I feel as if my chest is being crushed by boulder. Every mile is another deep cut to my soul. I can still feel the sun, hot, on my pale skin. I can see the water hitting the rocks. And I can still hear his voice, a whisper, in my ears. Yet, metal surrounds me ...
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