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Donald Edwards

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What He Missed

Submitted to Contest #168

Meet me at the train station. I want to talk. This is the last chance before I leave town for good. That’s what the note in his mailbox had said. He knew that it could only be from one person. West's heart raced as he pulled into the train station parking lot. His gnarled hands shook as he gripped the steering wheel. It was 7:52 AM. He had exactly eight minutes. And West knew that he couldn't miss this train. This was a chance that West hadn’t thought that he would get again. The sun had barely risen above the early morning sky. But the worl...

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