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Submitted to Contest #155
It’s time. Night has fallen on this Tuesday. These streets are asleep except for the insomniacs, the new parents, the procrastinators, and the mosquitoes. I do not fit into any of these categories, although each is more favourable than the one keeping me awake. In the complete darkness of my house, I descend the stairs, making as little noise as possible, and exit out the back door, praying this isn’t the last time I see that door. J’s car is waiting for me at the end of the street. He never wants to come any closer than that, for “Safety...
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