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Submitted to Contest #97
Between an engaging book and a ringing phone, you'd choose the former and ignore the latter - especially if it's an anonymous call. Reject and it'll stop. Still, it sounded too compelling. "Abby, this is Auntie Grace…" Your Dad's sister. Ever since your parents separated, you and your mom would scarcely get any call from them. "It's about your dad. He's in the hospital. Maybe you could go see him and…" ***** He's not the type who'd often call to check on you. When his financial support started dwindli...
Submitted to Contest #96
Looking through the tiny holes of the screen door, I see Doc. S - standing proud on the balcony of his green house just across the street."I wonder what he's thinking," Janie says, whispering behind my ear."Seriously contemplating about buying Jay's house maybe? Or the one next to his." A cute giggle can at times be therapeutic.*****Doc. S and his wife have six kids. We don't know them much. Except that his wife, who's an internist, belonged to a team of specialists who carried out my surgery last year. She's a friendly doctor. And a bubbly ...
Submitted to Contest #94
"So this is what coming home is all about? I thought you'd all be glad to see me in one piece…" "Believe me, we are," Maria said. Except that Olivia, our other sister, had a more pressing concern which needed "settling" - before I finally go home to the province. Ahead of anyone else who might have gotten to Mom earlier than we could manage. Maria was sitting right next to me, drinking her last refill of iced tea. It's like I hadn't even got to feel the warmth of their reception and there we were, huddled together in a restaurant, brood...
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