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Submitted to Contest #115
I checked the call time, two hours and 13 minutes. I sighed, this was a great deal for the company if I could get the buyers interested. It was hard though because it was 6 in the afternoon and the longer I kept working the more of my daughter’s school performance I would be missing. I gritted my teeth and clenched my hands around the phone. I had promised that I would be there. I took a deep breath as my buyer turned on his camera and mic. I don’t know what happened but I think I heard young voices out of sight of the camera earlier and the...
“Mmmhhuhhh,” I moaned. My face was deep in a sea of pillows. I was sprawled out on my unmade bed, light leaking through the closed curtains making gold and pink sunrise patterns on my wall. My arms were far in front of me, my feet were dangling over the edge. I had my phone in my palm. I could smell eggs and toast through my tightly closed door. I love eggs for lunch, but I hate them for breakfast. It's just the way things work, my mom should get that by now. Being a professional cook and all, for her sake, I hope she learns it soon. “...
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