Kathleen Slayden

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“The Getaway” by Kathleen Slayden

Submitted to Contest #77

I hear the scratching almost as soon as I put everything away. The little rural store a few miles from the cabin didn’t have a huge selection, but it would do. I am starving when I return to the cabin, ripping open an extra-large bag of peanut M & M’s and eating a few before I carry the groceries in. When I returned from the store, I had tried to balance three bags of groceries on one arm, as well as the candy. The M&Ms slipped from my hand and spilled out, scattering everywhere. I left it. Maybe that was a mistake, I think now, as t...

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