Carla Hargrove

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“Don’t Tell” by Carla Hargrove

Submitted to Contest #79

”Shhh”, she said.Cousin’s hands went where they weren’t supposed to. I know it’s wrong but I can’t seem to open my mouth. I can not move. Suddenly, I am imagining myself elsewhere. Anywhere else.It‘s nap time and we all are supposed to be asleep. The favorite Auntie watching us closed the door and turned out the lights.Shhhh.All the kids shared the same bed for nap time. I tried to position myself away from her hands, away from her breath. The five of us laid out like sardines and she always, always seemed to wind up near me, grasping at my ...

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