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Submitted to Contest #314
It was the hottest day of the year.Bart Horton shifted slightly from his perch on the end of his patio sofa. He could feel sweat pooling beneath the area of his thighs that weren’t covered by his shorts. His neck, back and the space between his chest and belly were also wet. This despite not moving from the sofa for the past couple of hours. It was just too hot not to sweat.It was also too hot to do much of anything, Bart felt. He didn’t wake up that weekday morning with a plan of doing nothing, but it was working out that way. He wanted to ...
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