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Submitted to Contest #138
It’s pouring. The sky is an endless tunnel of dark gray, with raindrops falling. Big, hard and angry drops. The minute they hit the ground they collapse into a million brilliant shards of water. Like glass being thrown against the asphalt. Again and again. The wind is unforgiving, cold and heartless. Blindly whipping things wherever it chooses, giving no thought to what anyone else has to say or even think. “Selfish.” That’s what my grandma always called it. I thought she was crazy. How can the wind have feelings? Much less be considered s...
Submitted to Contest #136
Start or end your story with someone saying “You’ll never know unless you try.” — —-Part One— —— Inspiration—--- “You’ll never know unless you try.” The absolute most cléche sentence that ever left my dads’ mouths. Of course they would say that. They were both incredibly successful, each owning a tech company with a net worth of at least 3 million. Living in the shadow of them hasn’t been the easiest thing in my life. Maybe it would be different if I was their actual kid. But since I’m adopted, people expect me to be some sort...
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