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Weekly Contest #188
Coffee in hand, standing at the patio doors, Penny stares out at the dilapidated shed hunkered in the corner of her back yard. Her eyes roam from there, noticing the shed isn’t the only sad, rickety, grown-over thing in the yard. In fact, the whole place looks neglected, as though it hasn’t been cared for in a very long time. Accurate. It hasn’t. Ever since her marriage fell apart three and a half years ago, Penny has experienced bouts of depression and self-loathing. It’s hard not to think she was the reason Douglas left her for another wo...
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