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Jess Salisbury

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A Mother’s Love

Submitted to Contest #287

“I think you’re going to be just fine.” Those were the words that made Liam’s eyes well up as the light of the computer bounced off his horn-rimmed glasses. His pink face turned into a puffy hot blimp as the tears streamed down in twisty little trails, leaving dark splotches on the collar of his shirt.You see, those were exactly the words Liam needed to hear after the fight that led up to where he was now. He’d been agonizing over what to tell his mother for months — no, years. He’d always kind of known. He never did fit in with the gir...

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