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Weekly Contest #333
This story contains themes of emotional abuse. No, I thought. No no no no no. I said out loud, quietly, under my breath. But the smell in the air was unmistakable. I opened the oven and a wave of blackened smoke rolled out.The smoke detector began its high pitched beeping. Yeah, I got it, thanks. I muttered to no one in particular. To the smoke detector. Why didn’t the timer go off? Had I forgotten to set the timer? Who burns a turkey on Christmas day? I grabbed the sparkly green-and-gold Christmas tea towels and began to frantically swing...
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