Alexis Acker-Halbur

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“Choices” by Alexis Acker-Halbur

Submitted to Contest #247

Choices Short Story My cell phone rang. “Detective Kirra Stirling, dead body found at Oakwood Hills Cemetery. Please report.” “Acknowledged. I’m on my way.”A dead body in the cemetery, how original, I thought to myself. Those St. Paul police dispatchers are such comedians.As a kid I remember being in the car with my parents and siblings on a sizzling summer day. As we drove past a cemetery in our old Ford wagon, I asked, “Mom, how many people are dead in there?”“Oh dear, I can’t say.”“I do, ” I chirped, “all of them.” The car filled with lau...

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Alexis is an award-winning author and a professional trauma expert helping survivors recover from dramatic personal experiences to live a health and purposeful life. You can follow her on her website https://nevergiveupinstitute.org.