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Weekly Contest #20
My eyes opened. It was a sunny Tuesday in early April and the air smelled fresh through the open window of my small village house. Well, I used to view it as small. Since Mum died it had suddenly seemed so big. A place I’d known for all of my privileged eighteen years went from feeling cramped to cavernous overnight. I’d shared a room with my little sister since she was born thirteen years ago, and although the empty bedroom sat just down the hallway, we were still snuggled together in my single bed. I shut my eyes tightly and willed sleep t...
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