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Submitted to Contest #144
Orville was staring into the crashing waves, trying desperately to remember his dreams from last night. It was no use. Like every night, he felt it passed all too quickly in a fevered blur and in his waking moments felt no more rested than he had when his head hit the pillow the night before. The monotonous sound of water on rocks quieted his thoughts and allowed him to focus on his dreams. “Excuse me?”, a man’s voice injected in his mind sharply. “Excuse me, sir?” Turning his head, Orville saw a young man with his wife standing next to hi...
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