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Submitted to Contest #69
December 20th, 2017 Christmas is approaching, but for the second time in my twenty years, I am not looking forward to it. The first time was when I was seventeen, right after my parents split. It was in the summer, but I had not yet gotten over it by Christmas, and I spent the holiday crying into my pillow. This year, I will be spending the happy holiday with my father and his unknown bride. I’ve never met the woman that is now my stepmother. Father was engaged almost before I knew he had been dating, and I told him that I was taki...
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