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Submitted to Contest #125
She was an elusive one. It had been almost 10 years and yet Ben couldn't get a hold of her. The her in question was, of course, his mother. His beloved and yet spitefully hated mother. She had left when Ben was just a boy, around 8 in age, and left him with his father. A timid man who couldn’t protest over the leaving of his wife even if he wanted to. Ben’s attitude had always juxtaposed the influence that his single father had on him growing up. Whereas his father was humble and bashful, Ben was unashamed and proud. It led to more than a fe...
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