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Submitted to Contest #47
With suitcases in hand, you head to the station. This is the last thing you have to do before they let your best friend go. You’re not allowed to open the suitcase; they said if you did, you would die. You’re not allowed to call the police; they said if you do, your best friend dies. And you know not to. They could be watching your every move. In fact, they have been. They have intelligence everywhere. They kidnapped her and demanded a ransom of, oddly enough, only $200. You had thought it was a mistake, but they insisted $200 was correct. A...
This week was the worst week you’ve had all year. And that was even before noon on Wednesday. But by Saturday, you would be on a path for a better life. One week takes you from living in the worst of days, to looking forward to better ones. But what can you expect? It is 2020 after all. On Monday, you had a bad day. Nothing in comparison to what was to come the next day, but definitely bad in its own right. You got sprayed by a skunk in the morning, making you decide against going to the job interview you had. You got two bills in the mail, ...
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