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Raymond Cummings

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‘Twas the night before, the night before Christmas...

Weekly Contest #125

Seeing my wife in tears did it: her sheer, heartbroken disappointment. Misery had chiselled despair into her face. That look pressed me to insist on her taking a bath so that I could do something I had sworn I would never do again: make a phone call of complaint. I thought about starting with sure footing: an email: my preferred method. I am a teacher of English by vocation; writing to complain always makes me feel like I possessed an advantage. However, it was Christmas. Despite my wife’s disappointment, I wanted to maintain a sense of...

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