C. Reese

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“Are We There Yet?” by C. Reese

Submitted to Contest #70

Lola Barlow stared at herself in the full-length mirror, smoothing her hands over the silken skirt of her dress and wondering if this was how she was supposed to feel on her wedding day.  Her mother stood over her shoulder, weeping, her cries the perfect veil to cover Lola’s growing discomfort. “Mama, don’t cry,” she told her mother. She watched in the mirror as the reflection of the older woman shifted, a watery smile crossing her face while she wiped the tears from her eyes. “I’m sorry, baby,” came her shaky reply. “You just ...

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