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Weekly Contest #357
The Closest Snake The first person Lena called when she finished her novel was Sarah. Not her husband. Not her mother. Not the literary agent she'd spent years dreaming about. Sarah. Always Sarah. For twenty years, Sarah Mitchell had occupied a permanent seat in Lena's life. They met at twelve years old after a playground argument over a jump rope neither of them owned. By the end of the day they were best friends. By the end of high school they were inseparable. By the end of adulthood they were family. Some friendships faded with time. The...
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