Christina Z.

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“The Woman Who Never Wore Slippers” by Christina Z.

Submitted to Contest #140

She never wears slippers, not anymore anyway. Not since her time in the mental institution. The sound of feet in slippers shuffling along the cool tile outside the hospital room triggers her. "Shut that door!" she screams. I obey.  I want to tell her, in fact I came to tell her.  I toss my coffee cup in the trash and walk back to sit beside her and cross my arms. “So what did the doctor say?” I ask in a flat tone.  Besides the frown lines that had been permanently etched into the corners of her mouth, she looked the exac...

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