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Submitted to Contest #79
I sniffle as the wind dries my tears. Sitting on this cold balcony twenty feet high was not where I was meant to be. Not today, of all days. I turn to look at my handcuffed wrist. How could he just leave me? How could he possibly be okay? It makes no sense. To me, at least. He knew today was our special day. That's why I thought he flew me out here. Why I was dumb enough to trust him. I neve...
Submitted to Contest #70
I honestly just thought... this was a stage, you know? Every parent, every mother goes through this. The mother does everything they can to, to raise them right while the ungrateful daughter spouts unnecessary words of hate and slams doors. Every mother goes through that. But, no one ever told me, that there was a chance I was the one in the wrong. We were supposed to laugh about ...
Submitted to Contest #68
This was supposed to be the happiest days of their lives. After seven years of trying, the resilient couple finally accepted the fact that if they were to start the family they so longed for, the child just wouldn't be theirs. So, they picked up their pride and head down to the adoption agency determined to settle down for the rest of their lives. "Mr. and Mrs. Hudson?" The pair looked up in anticipation. "...
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