Jackie Mackenna

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“To blame the victim” by Jackie Mackenna

Submitted to Contest #79

I met Aida volunteering in a local marathon event when I was twenty two. The summer humidity made me shine with sweat and my clothes and hair stuck to my skin like an ill fitted glove; I wasn’t even a runner. She was two inches shorter and five times fitter than I was and looked more composed than an athlete should after completing forty two kilometres. Our first interaction began when I passed her a disposable cup of water; that wasn’t the last drink we shared.We were a perfect match, that’s what she always said. She was the only one that c...

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