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Submitted to Contest #323
Content Warning: mental health, discussion of violent crime, death. The sharp click of the fifth lock sliding into place with finality is like breaking the surface after holding my breath too long.I rest my forehead against the solid wood door, inhaling. In, hold for five seconds, out. Repeat. Five times. Always five.“I am fine. I am safe,” I whisper, four times. It feels wrong, so I add one more. Five.I have a thing about the number five—well I have a laundry list of things, but following a sequence of five is one of them.Today was brutal, ...
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