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Submitted to Contest #295
“I don’t know why they decided to do this open casket.” Jack thought to himself as he stared down at Erica’s pale and gaunt body. Jack hadn’t seen his sister for several months. He had taken a construction job and was too tired at the end of each day to call or visit her. He turned to his father, who stood on Jack’s right with tears in his eyes.Jack hesitated, but eventually asked “How did this happen?”His father’s tears began to stream down his face. “I already told you son.” Jack suddenly remembered the conversation they’d had while planni...
Submitted to Contest #294
Erick was a simple guy, or at least he saw himself as one. He’d graduated high school with mostly A’s and B’s, enough B’s that his grades look average by today’s standards. He didn’t have any extracurriculars in high school, though he wanted to do wrestling. When he had approached his parents in his sophomore year of high school to ask if he could do wrestling, the $250 fee to compete for a single season was too high. His parents told him: “250 dollars is a lot for an activity you might get bored of before going to college, and we don’t have...
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