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David Anderson

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Apr, 2023

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An odd donation to the less fortunate, A gift. Yes. That’s what they said it was. A gift. Emily was only 5 when they gave her, smiling. All my life my heart ached for the warm embrace of a child, for the joy of staring at smiling, young, twinkling eyes. Of hearing a small mouth enunciate the word, “mother”. It was my only dream, but little did I know what I’d be getting. Emily was quiet, her face emotionless and robotic. She never laughed, never cried. Never smiled, never frowned. Her features never shift, never change to accommo...

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