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Ashley Paige

Author on Reedsy Prompts since May, 2022

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A Place Where Only the Things You Want to Happen, Happen

Submitted to Contest #152

April walks the aisles of her favorite bookstore, carrying her infant daughter, Kelly. She loves to read and hopes Kelly will, too, one day, but she can’t afford any of these books. She is tired, overworked, and underpaid, and she worries she isn’t giving Kelly enough. Still, April shows her daughter the caterpillar mural in the children’s section with a smile on her face. A stranger approaches—an older woman, beaming at Kelly. “Look at her,” she says. “What a precious baby girl. A miracle.” April smiles politely, knowing the woman mea...

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