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Heather Langston

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Apricot Glazed Chicken with a Side of Frustration

Submitted to Contest #100

I hovered over the kitchen sink, scrubbing an egg-crusted breakfast dish with unjustified vigor. He’d called an hour ago, insisting he was walking out the door to head home.On a slow, driving Ms. Daisy kind of day it took me fifteen minutes to get home from the office. My husband believed in obeying the speed limit, so his drive home took a reasonable twenty-five minutes.Magic punched my chest as he finally drove through the protective wards surrounding the family property. I scowled at the sudsy water in the dish-free sink. The magical barr...

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