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Submitted to Contest #320
Terry loved her only child, as deeply and richly as she could. Life had been difficult since her husband, Ed, had died in an automobile accident on his way to work, and money was tight. She had managed to keep her and her son afloat, barely, by doubling up with a job as a checker at the Kroger and substitute teaching at the local elementary school. Terry and Charlie lived in a small two-bedroom cottage on the edge of town. Though the house was tiny and in disrepair, Terry loved the fact that it bordered on a tract of protected forest, so ...
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