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Submitted to Contest #239
The Toby mug sat dead center on the middle shelf, right at perfect eye level. There was nothing on either side of it. Rachael wanted it that way. She didn't want any distractions when she looked at her special possession. It was the only tangible link with meaning that she had left of her Uncle Erik who had passed away just three months previously. The old Toby mug was his favourite possession, and he often told Rachael about how much it meant to him. Uncle Erik was Rachael's best buddy, she was an only child and didn't have any other relati...
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