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Submitted to Contest #319
“Oh!” he screamed. “This is all my fault! Right? It’s always my fault, isn’t it?” He was screaming so close to my face I could smell onions and garlic he had for lunch. But there was something else on his breath, too. Something both smoky and sweet. I knew I needed to tread carefully when he came home smelling like that. I had to placate him. “No, honey,” I soothed. “Remember, I’ve asked you just to shoot me a text if you’re going to be late, so I know if I need to pick Max up from doggy daycare and when to start dinner.” It did...
Submitted to Contest #193
“A Mother’s Love” I woke up to the sound of rain pitter pattering on the window pain. My bed was warm and cozy; I burrowed deeper under the covers. For a moment I could almost- almost- forget the crushing grief, the suffocating feeling of loss in my chest. I felt a hand rubbing my back over the covers and could tell that the overhead light had been flipped on. “Rise and shine, sleepy head!” my mother-in-law, Sheila’s, voice rang in her sing-so...
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