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Submitted to Contest #183
I poured my cup of coffee, mindlessly scrolling through my phone, another week gone with nothing to do. I put my head in my hands and sighed dramatically. “You ok, Mrs. Collins?” Marta, the housekeeper, asked as she dusted the nine thousand dollar grandfather clock. Nine grand on a clock. Reason number three hundred and twenty-seven we were opposites. “Yes, Marta, I’m fine. Thank you.” I forced a smile. “And please, call me Juliet.” She smiled and nodded, but we both knew she never would. She took her job far too serio...
Submitted to Contest #182
What the hell is that noise? Like always, I struggled falling asleep, and like always, something wakes me up. But this is a first, the damn alarm is going off. Did Jenna come home? No, she always stays with Mike. Surely, this is a mistake. People don’t break into houses in Rosedale. It’s fine, you’re fine.And then the alarm stopped.It must’ve been Jenna.I wrapped my robe around me and walked to the hallway.“Jenna?”No answer.I felt a prick in my neck, and my eyelids closed. I fell back into a pair of arms, then nothing.I woke up to the sun po...
Submitted to Contest #179
I swiped on my last layer of mascara, mentally going through the days to do list. Drop Evie off with the babysitter, go to work, pawn that damn wedding ring, pick Evie up, go home.My dad finally left my mom eight months ago, retired from the police force, and has been traveling for months. I can’t believe he stayed that long; I would’ve left her decades ago. But he chose unhappiness, pumped out two kids, and successfully screwed us up. My alcoholic brother was recently kicked out of college, and then me, disappointed with my parents, disappo...
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