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Carlton Newsome

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Second chance

Carlton Newsome

Submitted to Contest #294

“Second Chance" Dear Mom, Thank you for asking me about this. Here is the story about how Scott and I met. I am so glad to share this. It really is a great story and really was such an unlikely reunion. Thank you for asking. DJ, Scott's eleven-year-old son, wanted a dog. DJ hounded his dad every day to persuade him to consider the idea of getting a dog. His perseverance finally broke through Scott's defenses. Scott told his son, “You need to write me a letter and send it to me as an email, explaining reasons why we ...

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Confusion

Carlton Newsome

Submitted to Contest #238

This had been a long week, and it was time to relax. I finally worked up the nerve to ask Victoria out on a date. She was cute and approachable. We had always shared lunches at the cafeteria and seemed to get along well. She never seemed to study and was always asking me for help with math or help proofreading a paper. I picked her up at her apartment. She was wearing a very reveling skirt, a shear shirt and was 3 sheets to the wind. She mentioned she had been down by the pool day drinking all day. There were like 10 other people at her...

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junk men

Carlton Newsome

Submitted to Contest #78

Kurt was an unusual fellow. He was a junkman. It was only a hobby, his real profession was business owner and he was in the right profession to support his hobby. Kurt owned storage facilities, rent-a-box type places where you could store old furniture, an old car, maybe even run a business out of one if you did it right. He had only been local for a few years, but his reputation had grown. His was easily the most recognized facility in town and his business flourished. One problem with running storage facilities, especial...

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