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Submitted to Contest #175
It had been a terrible week, an extension of a terrible month, an extension of a terrible year. Honestly, Macey couldn’t remember the last time life hadn’t felt terrible, but nobody wants to think too much about that. She was stuck in a job where, although the pay was good, made her work tooth and nail for every last penny of that pay. Her doctor was adjusting her medications, so every few weeks she would optimistically change a dose or go in for a lab, just for her mood to start slipping again a few days later. Macey still went out, had fri...
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