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Lori Elle

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Submitted to Contest #270

He never lets her see him so bothered, but this time she catches him unaware. He doesn’t notice that she has come upon him from behind, barefoot, quiet as a summer’s breeze. She enters the kitchen from the screened-in porch and sees him huddled over a page of the morning paper. He clenches his fist, and when he releases his grip the paper is wrinkled; it looks damp to her. She stops, fascinated. He touches his fingertips to his forehead. From her position, she can’t discern that his eyes are closed.Don’t you know what it means when they braz...

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