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Submitted to Contest #36
August 18, 2004 It was the older part of town, where the houses were older than most of the people living in them. Each one falling apart worse than the next. This was where I spent my first eight years. In the faded yellow house that was the center of the world for four children. As a three year old I was barely left alone, but one day. With the sun high and so bright the reflections off the car blinded you, I was alone with my dog in the yard. The black and white wire-haired dog jumped and barked as I climbed the stairs to the top of the l...
Submitted to Contest #20
The fire had to be a blessing in disguise, it brought me to this house and to the boy next door. In all honesty the years had blurred since I lost my parents. The foster care system was lacking at best and no one wanted the toddler. My family had burned in a fire that started in the kitchen and I was the only one who was spared. Still I remembered everything like it was engraved in my mind. My childhood was not sweet nor kind. “Why can’t you behave like a normal little girl,” my father yelled, I didn’t understand what...
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