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Weekly Contest #164
Disclaimer: This story contains sensitive themes, including mental health, physical violence, gore, abuse, and suicide. Admittedly, I struggled to remember Lyla’s name for the first couple of weeks that Barbie and I taught her. After that, I would consistently mix her up with the other dancers. It wasn’t until her second year that her name would remain engrained in my mind. It was flu season, so three of the kids were out sick, one was on vacation, and another was performing in his preschool play. That only left Lyla. She was t...
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