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Cottoncandy Skies

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City of Sins

Cottoncandy Skies

Submitted to Contest #64

“Ducks with wings.”“Ducks? That’s what you are afraid of?”“No, I am afraid of ducks with wings,” she made a flapping gesture with her arms. He laughed. They were about to do something that might cost their lives, and here she was telling him that ducks with wings frightened her the most. This was their routine now. He and her, talking about the most random thing right before they were about to risk their lives. It was a way to keep out the thought that they might not walk out alive this time. One day t...

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Never Accept Dinner Before The Third Meeting

Cottoncandy Skies

Submitted to Contest #64

Never accept dinner invitations before the third meeting. Remember that.It was one of his grandmother’s many wisdoms. She had an opinion about everything. Everything. Once she refused to drive Jonas home because she saw a black pigeon on a fine Saturday morning, which according to her was inauspicious.“Pigeons can’t read the calendar, Grammy,” he had said.But there was no reasoning with his grandmother.Now, that he was sitting at the tables with Mclain's, the three meeting rules did not seem so absurd. Jonas tried to focus on anything o...

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Heart Never Lies

Cottoncandy Skies

Submitted to Contest #62

Halloween taunts her. Every decorated house, every person walking down the streets in costumes, every kid out for treats or trick, and even Halloween editions in shops were a reminder of what Grace could never have. Grace pulled the scarf around her neck tighter as she walked past the house decorated with fake skeletons, at least she hoped they were fake. People believe that Halloween is one day when all the witches and fairies in the town roam freely without the fear of being caught. It was the day their powers were at peak. It wa...

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Race Against Time

Cottoncandy Skies

Submitted to Contest #49

“I will not wait a minute after 6 pm. Not a minute, you hear me?” said the woman on the phone.“You won’t have to. I will be on time, if not before,” Mark replied while shuffling through the files on his desk.“Like the time you were on my birthday? Or your birthday?”“Okay okay, easy with the sarcasm. See you at 6. Love you,” he said before hanging up the phone. His focus was turned back to the computer he was working on. Mark finished his work an hour early to have enough time to reach home and get ready before leaving for dinn...

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