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Submitted to Contest #297
I have 24 hours, exactly 24 hours until she’s killed. The ransom note asking for $100,000 sits on my kitchen counter staring at me as a bead of sweat drips down my forehead. I reach for my phone and begin to dial 911 but before I hit call, I stop. The note said don’t call the police, whoever “J.R.” is, he’s listening, that’s what the note says. I turn my wrist towards me to look at my watch, 11:34, I have exactly 23 hours and 59 minutes left to save my sister.When I was only 10, my parents left the house and never returned. They left me with...
Submitted to Contest #288
Trigger Warning: This story contains themes of death and mental health issues I stand in the rain as I always do when I want to feel something again: it always helps comfort me in some odd way. My grandmother calls for me from inside the house, I’ve been here helping her due to her growing problem with dementia. Some days grandma doesn’t even recognize me, but she always recognizes my grandfather. If grandpa were in better condition physically I wouldn’t need to be here helping but he’s in a wheelchair so it’s best that I’m here: they need ...
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