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Submitted to Contest #105
I sat outside and looked up into the sky. Nothing is going my way today, I thought. My parents kept going on about how much more I was supposed to work. They wanted me to do chores and study for school. You need to work more Kaya. Kaya, you aren’t working. Study properly, Kaya. Kaya this, Kaya that. What do they know? They always nag about useless things, but nobody else’s parents do. Valerie’s didn’t. She had everything she wanted, and her parents were really nice. I really envied her.“What a horrible day,” I said. I looked back up, an...
I stopped in my tracks. My heart was pounding harder than ever, and my head was spinning. No, I thought. No. This can’t be happening. “-hwa? Jae-hwa? Are you still there?”I perked up and slowly responded. “Sorry, Mom. I spaced out. I’m on my way now.” I ran to the car, turned on the engine and rushed over to the hospital. Tears gushed down my cheeks as I ran into the building. They ran all the tests. They said she has some terminal illness. She only has one month left to live. I slowly opened the door and saw my older sister l...
Submitted to Contest #98
“Whew...the coffee’s pretty strong today,” I said loudly. My partner, Liam, was hardly paying any attention to my comment. I rolled my eyes and went over to see the problem. “Hey Millie,” he started. “The engine’s busted again. We might have to find help because this is beyond anything I can fix.”I glanced over at the engine and sighed. “Alright, go ahead.”The engine took hours to fix, and like any other car repair station, the workers gave us a list of complications that needed to be repaired. Oil leakage? But it was just fine bef...
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