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The bubbly champagne trickles down her throat as Piper gazes on to Santa Monica’s beach from her hotel suite. Sitting on her balcony she hears the waves crashing, sees the palm trees swaying, and hears the tourists laughing. It’s her birthday. She finally has enough money to buy a hotel room somewhere nice, Viceroy Santa Monica. Somewhere she had dreamed of going all her life. When Piper was in high school she always kept a collage of California beaches on her planners, every single year. It was her motivation to get out of the small to...
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TW: Murder, suicide, and mental health are topics in this story “Denise? Denise!” Mark screams into the empty hallway when he gets home from work. The sun is setting and his stomach is turning. “Denise!” He paces through the house until he reaches the bedroom. Denise is in bed with the covers up to her chest and she's blankly staring into her phone. “Denise? What are you doing?” He asks, and she shakes herself out of the trance. “What time is it?” she says drowsily. “It’s 6:30… Is this what you did all day?” “U...
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