Alyssa Connellan

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“The Sins We Carry” by Alyssa Connellan

Submitted to Contest #278

The Sins We Carry The air in the hospital room smelled of carbolic acid and menthol, the kind of scent that clings to the walls and seeps into your skin. I sat in the hard wooden chair beside his bed, the legs uneven on the scuffed floorboards. The faint hum of distant voices echoed from the corridor, nurses in starched uniforms bustling about, their shoes tapping like the second hand on a clock. A single kerosene lamp burned low in the corner, casting flickering shadows that danced along the cracked plaster walls. I glanced at Clinton, my b...

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