Lisa Smitten

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“Setting off sirens” by Lisa Smitten

Submitted to Contest #235

“You can’t keep running forever,” he yelled after me. The scariness of stopping for him one more time made my blood boil. My rushing adrenaline surged faster, propelling my curvy legs as far as they could from Starbucks. Some days I ran for fun. Some days I ran out of anger. Days like today? I ran out of necessity. I continued jogging past the bus stop where I made eye contact with him across the street just a few minutes earlier. He could have been anyone, but his unkempt, moppy brown hair gave him away. When he smiled, his gr...

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Creative writer with the cutest cat.