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Submitted to Contest #35
I promised myself I would do it. I had been meaning to for the past six springs. They didn't call it spring cleaning for nothing. And I wasn't known for being the worlds best procrastinator for nothing, either. I pulled the rope and the panel in the ceiling came, down revealing a ladder. I fanned away the dust that came down and held on to my flashlight, climbing up carefully.It had been years since I had been up here. Well before I graduated high school. I think it was when I was around the age of eight, maybe. This house was my grandmother...
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