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Weekly Contest #9
I can forgive myself for a great many things—cowards are good at looking the other way when they need to. But there's one thing I'll never forgive myself for, and after thirty long years it has finally come back to haunt me. Despite the fog of age, the events that transpired are still crystal clear no matter what I drink in an attempt to forget. I was seven at the time and my family lived in a cabin far from the city—I remember us driving for what felt like hours just to get necessities. The house was cramped, smelling of must from a bygone ...
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