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Submitted to Contest #11
She loved her Mom. She made her favorite sandwiches and took her to read books with the story lady sometimes. She was also very smart. Dolores, age five, wanted to be like her one day. Her Mom said she was smart, but she wanted to be Mom Smart, not just Dolores Smart. Everything she said always made sense to her even when it didn’t, like the morning she bit her tongue jumping on the bed even when she knew she wasn’t allowed to. As soon as the dull pain of teeth cutting into flesh and the metallic tasting blood started to flow, she ...
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