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Submitted to Contest #219
SENSITIVE CONTENT WARNING: Emotional AbuseThe police are at the door, I have three unanswered messages sat in my inbox and my evening is about to go from hellish to the worst night of my life. First I hear the stomping of their boots as they march up the stairs, then I hear the conversations between them. Finally I hear the calls from dispatch over their radios as they arrive at my bedroom door with my delirious mother in tow. Mothers can come in many different forms, I just happened to be dealt one that has made it her personal mission to i...
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