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Esmé has always been different. She was a quiet girl. And special. Very special. I know every older sister would think that their younger sister was special but Esmé was reallyspecial. No one else was special in the same way she was. My and Esmé’s mother died when we she was still very young, so as her older sister who was ten years wiser than her, I took on the role as her motherly guardian. Mother’s death was an accident. It happened four years ago, when Esmé was only two. I hope she, Esmé, never in her life finds out ...
Submitted to Contest #67
Ashlynn stormed into the room, but it was too late. She saw him fall to the ground, blood draining from his chest. “NO!” she cried. “Aiden, no! NO! Aiden, come on, come on, don’t…don’t…,” she sputtered, unable to spit it out. The boy’s body was still, his eyes barely open. Ashlynn’s hands were covered in his blood. “Aiden!” she shrieked. “Mrs. Flynn, stay here, I’m going after – after him,” she spat, pointing to the open window. “Ashlynn, don’t, he…he has a gun!” the lady shouted, but Ashlynn was already on her way. “I don’t care, just call ...
Submitted to Contest #66
“I didn’t do it because I didn’t love him. I mean, I didn’t love him, but that’s not why I did what I did. I did what I did because, well – actually, let me go back a bit. So, it was the year two-thousand-and-nineteen when it happened. See, I left my fiancé at my wedding. I know it seems like some cliché, corny movie, but it’s true. What happened is, as my dad walked me down the aisle, he whispered to me, “I’ll never stop loving you, my girl, but I’ll have something now that I’ve never had before: a court family.” See, both my parents worked...
Submitted to Contest #65
There was a knock on the door. “They’re here! They’re here!” Diana’s mom called out, clapping her hands excitedly. Very formally, Diana, her mum and then her dad went to stand in a line behind the door. Diana was forced into her pinkest dress, one with lots of frills, and sparkly pumps. Trying to hide how thrilled she was, Diana’s mother opened the door, biting on her lip to keep herself from cheering. In the doorstep stood a tall man in a black suit with his hand around a teenage boy’s arm. Diana’s mum’s happy expression was wiped off her f...
Submitted to Contest #60
Mara’s mother won a free cruise online. But, being a single mom managing three side jobs, her mother gave the ticket to Mara to go away for the weekend. “Thanks, mom, but I don’t wanna go without you!” said the seventeen-year-old girl. “Of course you don’t, Mara, but this’ll be good for you!” Mara’s mother smiled stubbornly. Mara sighed. “Mom, how will this be good for me?” she asked. “Trust me, darling, it will!” Her mom beamed. Mara inhaled deeply. “That’s not exactly an answer.” Mara’s mother turned to face her daughter. “You’re a be...
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