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*BANG* My ears screech the highest pitch noise imaginable. My eyes flick open within a microsecond. Tears stream down the sides of my cheeks with such ferocity that it seems to burn. I look around. Everything's normal. My bulletin board is above my desk, closet closed like it was left before, and recliner was still from the hours dormant during the night. Nothing seemed off rather than the excitable feeling coursing through my nerves. I took a moment to breath and relax. Once calm, I flew the covers back and made my to the living room with a...
Submitted to Contest #19
Working in a general store isn't that bad, at least that's what I tell myself. Seriously though, it has been so long since I last stepped foot outside this wretched, dilapidated shop. You know, I really wanted to be a cashier for a lousy shop, but it was all ruined by my father. "Get your ragged tail up and make somethin' of yourself," he'd yell at me. "I'm not going to live and work in this dump anymore! You old man! Not to mention, you wouldn't even pay me anyway," I'd scream in return. He would then storm out and proce...
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