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Weekly Contest #371
*This story contains physical and mental abuse. Her father is dead. Mira received a brief phone call about her father’s death. The only emotion she ever felt for him growing up was fear. Mira thought that her fears were over and she would be free, but Mira didn’t feel free. Her father was cruel, controlling, and abusive. He always made her feel small and insignificant with just a look and made her heart race by saying her name. As a little girl, she learned to recognize the sound of his angry footsteps before she learned basic math. His ...
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