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Submitted to Contest #334
The ugly girl hadn’t been fed in three days. When she finally heard footsteps, the girl lifted her head, attempting to comb back the filthy hair that stuck to her damp cheeks. She had been lying in a fetal position for thirty minutes, her limbs tangled, her breathing shallow, wondering if food would appear again. It usually did, at least before she starved to death, but the girl was always lingering at the precipice, her arms cradling her emaciated belly as she wheezed, hoping the air would expand her deflated skin. The door quickly opene...
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