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Trading Cages

Submitted to Contest #286

Trigger Warning: Contains themes of childhood abuse. In the beginning, there were three suitcases and two duffle bags scattered on the driveway of the home on the corner of Squire Mansion (not an actual mansion) and Ranchwood Drive. Only two would fit in the borrowed Jeep Wrangler. My entire life was packed in that old luggage, from clothing and shoes to books, personal care items, and the few precious tchotchkes I used to decorate my bedroom—my small attempt to make that space my own in a house that never truly felt like home. But, I knew...

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